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Today in Focus

Why is the Israel-Hamas conflict so deadly for journalists?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

More reporters are said to have been killed in this conflict than any in decades. Jonathan Dagher, from Reporters Without Borders, discusses what it means for public understanding of the region. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the deadliest on your next train journey.

0:35.5

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:38.9

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0:45.0

In the last eight weeks, more than 16,000 civilians have died through the violence

0:55.4

unleashed by Hamas and Israel. In Gaza, the death toll has risen at a pace that has

1:00.9

been called historic in its ferocity.

1:04.0

Amongst that figure, more than 60 journalists have been killed.

1:08.2

Those trying to report with fairness and accuracy

1:11.9

as bombs fall around them.

1:13.2

All right.

1:17.2

Yumna, please take cover.

1:21.5

If you are in a position to do so safely you can explain to us what

1:24.6

we're happening if you are not in a position to do so safe then please get to

1:28.3

safety this is a missile attack on on Palestine Tower right in the middle of Gaza City.

1:37.0

These are bombardments just around our neighborhood.

1:41.0

You can hear how loud they are. Our building is literally shaking now. We can see a black smoke everywhere from the window.

1:50.0

By the beginning of the ceasefire, four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists had lost their lives,

1:55.9

but the overwhelming majority of casualties were Palestinian.

2:00.2

Members of the press who are trapped in Gaza trying to take shelter with their families

2:05.9

killed while trying to report on what is happening around them.

2:09.2

Those pictures and the information that's coming out it's being captured by local

2:13.4

journalists who are living in Gaza. They're living there. That means that they're

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