Woman’s live cross from Gaza interrupted by bomb
A woman’s live TV cross has been interrupted when a bomb was dropped between two buildings in Gaza.
A fiery explosion lit up the sky in the distance as local cameraman Fady was filming his wife Ameera.
“For my family, I have lost more than 20 per cent of my family,” she was explaining.
While the sound of the bomb initially startled Ameera, she thought on her feet and started to explain what was happening in the background.
“This is white phosphorus, you can see it,” she said.
“It’s a white phosphorus bomb, it’s in the middle between the houses.”
White phosphorus can stick to skin and clothing, leading to burn injuries and vapour inhalation. Its use is banned in heavily populated civilian areas under the Geneva Convention but allowed as an operational tool to cover troop movements.
9news.com.au is not able to verify what sort of explosive this was.
The video was posted to Instagram by Australian cameraman Andy Taylor, who has worked with Nine, the publisher of this website.
“Just in from my cameraman mate Fady who lives in Gaza, filming his wife Ameera doing a live cross this morning,” he wrote.
Palestine has formally accused Israel of using white phosphorous in recent days, as has the European Observatory for Human Rights.
Israel has not commented on the claim.
