In 2002, as soon as Zhou Yijun, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency in Palestine and Israel, arrived in Gaza, a reporter from CNN gave her the first lesson as a war correspondent
First of all, the best picture is when the tank car is coming towards you and the crowd is running towards you. Secondly, if the tank driver deliberately tries to hit you, you can't dodge it;
Generally in an armed conflict, a journalist is not a target, you can shoot **, you can get very close to him, the tankman will not mind;
As long as there is no Palestinian next to you and you don't mess around, he will let you shoot. Of course, if you don't have a Witness around, he'll shoot as well.
In this way, Zhou Yijun gradually learned how to not only shoot first-hand information, but also save his life.
For example, when walking, take a zigzag so that the tanker cannot aim;Or raise the camera in your hand and make the tanker unsuspecting himself.
But can this really save your life?The answer is clearly no. Otherwise Israel would not be Israel.
On December 15, Al Jazeera photojournalist Samir Abdaqa was attacked and beaten by Israeli soldiers while reporting from a school in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip and died of blood loss.
In response, the IDF said that the Israeli army had taken all feasible measures to protect civilians and journalists.
In fact, statistics show that since the clashes began on October 7, nearly 70 journalists have been killed in Israeli atrocities under the feasible protective measures of the Israeli army, including journalists from different countries and **.
These journalists put their lives at risk in order to make the world aware of Israel's atrocities and the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and end up falling victim to Israeli fire.
They have no intention of becoming heroes, it is the sense of professional mission that makes them brave to stand on the front line.
I believe many people still vividly remember that on November 4, when a reporter and a female anchor connected for a live broadcast, they mentioned that a Palestinian journalist and 11 members of his family were killed in southern Gaza.
The live broadcast reporter was very emotional, and took off the protective vest directly on the spot, saying that it was useless to wear protective equipment, there would be no guarantee, and they would only die one after another. The female anchor on the other end also broke down and cried when she heard this.
It is reported that Israel announced internally on November 9 that they would eliminate all participants in the October 7 Congress. Including journalists who documented the attack.
In the light of Israel's past behaviour, there is no reason why those concerned should not be alarmed.
Remember the Al Jazeera reporter named Shireen Abu Akleh?On May 11, 2022, when Israeli forces invaded the town of Jenin, Shireen and her colleagues traveled to the scene to report on it.
Shireen found an open space and prepared to report. The bulletproof vest she wore was printed with the word "news" in a very conspicuous way, and she thought that "open terrain + conspicuous signs" would ensure that she would not be accidentally injured by the Israeli army.
But she overestimated the moral bottom line of Israeli soldiers. The reporting equipment had just been prepared, and after a burst of gunfire, Shireen was shot and fell to the ground.
The gunshots rang out for several minutes, and the colleague couldn't find a chance to go to the rescue, so Shireen missed the best time to rescue. Israeli officials claimed that they were fighting with militants, thus "mistakenly killing" Shireen.
In fact, Shireen's colleagues, as well as residents in the surrounding area, confirmed that the Israeli army was not fighting with the militants at the time, and that there were no militants nearby. So the Israeli army is purely intentional.
Kill journalists, kill civilians, kill women, kill children, or blatantly kill. The list of crimes committed by Israel is too numerous to mention.
Despicably, certain Western powers have also defended Israel's atrocities, arguing that Israel's actions against civilians in southern Gaza have improved.
These were the words of a White House spokesman on December 4 when questioned by reporters.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Meir once said: If the world has abandoned us, why should we obey the world's orders.
It can be said that this sentence nakedly exposes the deepest clamor in Israel's heart.
This also explains why Israel is bent on going its own way, ignoring the lives of innocent civilians and the people of the world, and vowing to carry out the war to the end.
But anyone with a modicum of historical knowledge knows that the world has never abandoned Israel, and in fact, without the support of the world, Israel would have been in ashes.
It was the Jews who suffered in history, but in the end it was the world that saved the Jews.
In any case, Israel, you don't represent the Jews. It is well known that no Orthodox Jew would be willing to return to Israel and live with the Israelites.
In their eyes, the Israelites were a dangerous people who liked to turn right and wrong, to take revenge, and to use religion to do evil.
Wake up, Israel, pretending to sleep will ruin your future. The world has not abandoned you, and it must be you who will abandon you in the end.