BBC reporters break down in tears at sight of casualties in Gaza hospital. Dozens of neighbours and friends are among the injured and dead in Al-Shifa Hospital as the reporters recall seeing things they can 'never unsee'.
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT. BBC Arabic's Adnan El-Bursh cried while reporting from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. His team discovered their friends, relatives and neighbours were injured or deadThis is the moment a BBC journalist broke down in tears while reporting from inside a hospital in war-torn Gaza as he described having 'seen things I can never unsee'.
Speaking to the camera, Mr El-Bursh, who is a father, said: 'This is my local hospital, inside are my friends, my neighbours. This is my community. Today has been one of the most difficult days in my career. I have seen things that I can never unseen.' Advertisement Mr El-Bursh, who lives in Gaza and has worked for the BBC since December 2010, revealed the child had lost her home and her relatives were dead.
He also said: 'The corridors of Al Shifa Hospital are filled with bodies. The morgue can no longer cope. The bodies of the dead have to be laid on the floor outside the hospital entrance. Hamas, which staged a brutal attack on Israel this week, dismissed the order as a ploy and called on people to stay in their homes, adding to the widespread panic.
Hamas said Israel's heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip killed 13 hostages, including foreigners, held by the group.It did not give the nationality of the foreigners, and there has been no confirmation over the claims from Israel. The directive came on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza within 24 hours.An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with GazaPalestinians stretcher an injured man following an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin is set to visit on Friday, a day after American secretary of state Antony Blinken was in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The flurry of directives was taken as signalling an expected Israeli ground offensive, though the Israeli military has not yet confirmed such a decision. On Thursday it said that while it was preparing, no decision has been made. Emergeny personnel help an injured Palestinian man into Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza CityA man carries an injured Palestinian baby into Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
'The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation.'
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