"I Was in Israel on October 7th: Here's What Happened" -Trey Yingst

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Trey Yingst is an American journalist based in Jerusalem, Israel serving as the chief foreign correspondent for Fox News. Yingst has reported from the Gaza Strip and war zones around the world. On October 7, 2023, Yingst reported on the Hamas attack on Israel. He covered the Kfar Aza massacre, embedded with the IDF in Gaza, and reported on the tunnel system under Gaza, earning praise for his calm and poised reporting throughout the war. His first book, BLACK SATURDAY, is available now. To learn more about Trey, follow him on Instagram, X, and Facebook @treyyingst. SPONSORS TARGETED: BEIRUT – The first in Jack’s new non-fiction series https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/targeted-beirut/ Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com SIG: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary SIG SAUER P226. Learn more here - https://jackcarr.co/SIG40thP226 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	The We took a cruise down the Nile, it was like something out of a movie and then when we were in Aswan,
0:29.4	Egypt she had a heart attack and that was my first introduction to journalism.
0:35.0	I was on the ground inside Gaza during the 51 day war between Israel and Hamas then and
0:39.4	sometimes I would go into Gaza just to have breakfast with a Hamas official.
0:44.2	We're often there for the worst day of someone's life.
0:46.7	And on October 7th, it just happened to also coincide with the worst day of my life.
0:50.5	How do you wake up that morning?
0:53.0	So,
0:55.0	Thank you so much thank you so much for doing this.
1:05.0	Oh man, I mean you are so busy.
1:08.0	I was just watching you inside on Fox like an hour ago
1:12.0	as I ran downstairs I just finished the book about 30
1:15.5	minutes ago. Amazing and if it's okay with you we'll just hop right into it. I
1:20.3	know your time is so so precious. I have a thousand notes that we're
1:24.8	probably not going to get to. But man, Black Saturday published by what Fox
1:32.2	News books.
1:33.0	Man, everyone needs to add this to their library.
1:37.0	It is, I didn't expect it to be so emotional.
1:40.0	You know, I jumped into it and was like, okay, I'm going gonna get a better feel for what was happening there because you've been on the ground since day one and man I was emotional like right off the bat you got me right off bat. So not only do you talk about what's happening there,
1:56.0	add context, humanize it, facts, of course, but it's an emotional rate.
2:02.8	Did you know it was going to be so emotional
2:04.7	when you started it?
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