LOADING ERROR LOADINGCNN’s Clarissa Ward and her team took cover in a ditch from a “massive barrage of rockets” during a live report on Monday from near the Israel-Gaza border. As the crew ran for cover, one team member can be heard in a clip reassuring others, “You’re fine, you’re fine, you’re fine, you’re OK, you’re alright.”AdvertisementWard, the network’s chief international correspondent, caught her breath and then continued her report while lying in the roadside ditch. “Forgive me, I’m in a slightly inelegant position, but we have just had a massive barrage of rockets coming in here, not too far from us,” she said. NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his team were also forced to take cover from mortar fire on air while reporting near the Gaza border. Hamas militants on Saturday morning launched a surprise attack on Israel, breaching the country’s border fence, laying siege on civilian communities near Gaza and taking hostages back to the Palestinian enclave.

Source: Huffington Post October 10, 2023 21:59 UTC