A Reporter’s Journey Into Gaza
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As the war against Hamas enters a seventh week, Israel finds itself under intense pressure to justify its actions in Gaza, including the raid of Al-Shifa Hospital, which it says is a center of Hamas activity. Hamas and hospital officials deny the accusation.
Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The Times, was one of the reporters invited by the Israeli military on an escorted trip into the enclave.
Guest: Patrick Kingsley, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- Traveling into Gaza with an Israeli military convoy, Times journalists saw houses flattened like playing cards and a city utterly disfigured.
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This is because the Israeli government wants to present itself as a powerful and invincible giant, which will not be stopped by anything and will show no mercy to anyone. while in fact it is distorting his image. Contrary to what he thought, when people see his crimes and violence, they don't think to themselves, "Oh! What a powerful and glorious army!". Rather, they see a cowardly army whose biggest achievement in 50 days of war was attacking hospitals and killing unarmed civilians and children