A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.
      • Tb0n3English
        19•1 year ago

        It’s not the quiet part, it’s the whole argument lately. Israel has been big on controlling the narrative for a long time now.

  • @sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    A BBC spokesperson said journalists “must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely”.

    Mr Tutunji and Mr Abudiab said they identified themselves as BBC journalists and showed police their press ID cards.

    While attempting to film the incident, Mr Tutunji said his phone was thrown on the ground and he was struck on the neck.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    BBC journalists covering the attack on Israel were assaulted and held at gunpoint after they were stopped by police in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

    Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel when their car was intercepted.

    "One of our BBC News Arabic teams deployed in Tel Aviv, in a vehicle clearly marked as media, was stopped and assaulted last night by Israeli police.

    Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, killing at least 1,300 people.

    Israel has told those in the north of the Gaza Strip - about 1.1 million people - to relocate to the south of the territory within 24 hours.

    Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, told civilians to ignore the evacuation order, describing it as “fake propaganda”.

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