Eilon Levy: “I had to evacuate because the air raid siren sounded during a remote interview.”
The scene in which an Israeli government spokesperson was urgently evacuated when an air raid siren sounded while he was giving a live interview to a British broadcaster is becoming a hot topic.
On the 16th (local time), Britain’s Sky News reported on Israel’s condemnation of Hamas and its future plans through a remote interview with Eilon Levy, a native journalist and current Israeli government spokesperson. During this process, when an air raid alarm sounded, Levy was broadcast and immediately evacuated from the studio while being interviewed.
At the time, Levy was being interviewed at a broadcast studio in Tel Aviv, Israel. He said, “The Hamas attack that began on the 7th is the worst terrorist attack since the September 11 incident in the United States,” and added, “Israel will defeat Hamas and cooperate with international partners to ensure that no terrorist organization can exist inside the Gaza Strip.”
As soon as he finished saying this, he said, “The air raid siren went off due to a rocket attack. We must evacuate immediately. “I’m sorry,” he said. Then, a broadcasting representative appeared on the screen, took out Levy’s in-ears, and the two quickly evacuated out of the studio.
The Sky News host brought the situation under control by saying, “Hurry up and evacuate.”
Afterwards, Levy said through his “We will no longer tolerate terrorist threats,” he explained.
Meanwhile, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian armed faction Hamas intensifies, damage to journalists dispatched to the field to report local news continues. According to the U.S. Associated Press, the non-governmental international organization Reporters Without Borders announced that as of the 15th, seven journalists have died while covering the war following Hamas’ airstrikes.
Source: Donga
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