UK Journalists On Covering The Spiraling Middle East Conflict One Year On From October 7
deadline.comA year to the day after Hamas’ attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 dead and saw 251 taken captive, the conflict in the Middle East has moved to new fronts and is spiralling into a new, more dangerous realm.
For the journalists on the ground, the threat is real — more than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 7, according to Reporters Without Borders.
The situation in Lebanon, meanwhile, is worsening as Israel bombards Hezbollah, while the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack.
Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Secunder Kermani, who is currently in Tyre in southern Lebanon, told Deadline that reporters on the ground are conscious of the threat to their safety from the Israeli army, which has issued warnings that no civilians should be travelling south of the strategically important Litani River in vehicles until further notice.
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