An Al Jazeera journalist narrowly avoided being shot by a sniper and hit by a drone-fired tear gas grenade as she was reporting at the deadly Gaza protests.
Dramatic video shows the network’s international correspondent Hoda Abdel-Hamid ducking for cover in front of the camera as a bullet whistled past her.
The journalist, who was wearing a helmet and bullet-proof vest, posted a second video on her Twitter feed showing tear gas canisters dropping from the sky and landing within yards of television crews.
Footage shows the canisters dropping from a drone and thudding into the ground, sending reporters diving for cover and leaving them coughing and gasping for air.
In messages posted along with the video, Abdel-Hamid wrote: ‘Targeting journalists won’t make the Gaza problem go away.
source: dailymail.co.uk
This happened too – pretty sure elites snipers know what and where they are targeting pic.twitter.com/faRx8GxcKd
— Hoda Abdel-Hamid (@HodaAH) May 15, 2018
Targeting journalists won’t make the Gaza problem go away : pic.twitter.com/vmAFyVv5zX
— Hoda Abdel-Hamid (@HodaAH) May 15, 2018