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In Real Life: A Hidden War, Scripps News
In Real Life: A Hidden War
From Gaza to the West Bank, this “In Real Life” documentary shows how a war in response to terror has reignited a conflict over claiming and clearing land.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-a-hidden-war
By: Sebastian Walker
Posted at 8:07 PM, Apr 28, 2024
Editor's Note: This project is in partnership with Bellingcat. Read Bellingcat’s full companion article here.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/29/weve-become-addicted-to-explosions-the-idf-unit-responsible-for-demolishing-homes-across-gaza/
A war following the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 continues to take its toll on civilians*. Israel’s stated aim in this conflict was to remove Hamas and bring hostages home. But in this documentary for “In Real Life,” on-the-ground reporting and open-source intelligence show how the conflict has expanded, growing into a campaign of clearing and claiming land — from Gaza to the West Bank.
Hamas fighters first breached the border with Israel at the Erez border crossing. The crossing was a closed military zone from Oct. 7, 2023 until it reopened April 5 to allow more aid into Gaza. When the “In Real Life” crew filmed there in March, a group of Israeli settlers were trying to push their way through the crossing, aiming to take over areas of Gaza that had been evacuated by Palestinians.
A few yards from the scuffles at the crossing, you can still see damage from when Erez was stormed by Hamas fighters. A facility here was the security terminal for people coming in and out of Gaza. The signs of the attack cover this terminal.
Hamas fighters filmed celebratory videos of the destruction, and around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the violence that would ensue — hundreds were taken hostage including women and children as young as 9 months old.
Snip...more including the 43'41" video report can be found here...
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-a-hidden-war
*PDF file
From Gaza to the West Bank, this “In Real Life” documentary shows how a war in response to terror has reignited a conflict over claiming and clearing land.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-a-hidden-war
By: Sebastian Walker
Posted at 8:07 PM, Apr 28, 2024
Editor's Note: This project is in partnership with Bellingcat. Read Bellingcat’s full companion article here.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/29/weve-become-addicted-to-explosions-the-idf-unit-responsible-for-demolishing-homes-across-gaza/
A war following the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 continues to take its toll on civilians*. Israel’s stated aim in this conflict was to remove Hamas and bring hostages home. But in this documentary for “In Real Life,” on-the-ground reporting and open-source intelligence show how the conflict has expanded, growing into a campaign of clearing and claiming land — from Gaza to the West Bank.
Hamas fighters first breached the border with Israel at the Erez border crossing. The crossing was a closed military zone from Oct. 7, 2023 until it reopened April 5 to allow more aid into Gaza. When the “In Real Life” crew filmed there in March, a group of Israeli settlers were trying to push their way through the crossing, aiming to take over areas of Gaza that had been evacuated by Palestinians.
A few yards from the scuffles at the crossing, you can still see damage from when Erez was stormed by Hamas fighters. A facility here was the security terminal for people coming in and out of Gaza. The signs of the attack cover this terminal.
Hamas fighters filmed celebratory videos of the destruction, and around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the violence that would ensue — hundreds were taken hostage including women and children as young as 9 months old.
Snip...more including the 43'41" video report can be found here...
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-a-hidden-war
*PDF file
If you would like to watch the In Real Life report by Scripps News you need to follow this link to their website. No current YouTube link exists. The total run time for the video is 43'41" which is accompanied by the written report which is essentially a transcript of the video with some minor changes.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/documentaries/in-real-life/in-real-life-a-hidden-war
Sebastian Walker
Sebastian Walker is an Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the world's biggest stories. An editorial leader, investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and TV correspondent, Walker specializes in immersive, kinetic long form storytelling from challenging environments and in fast-moving situations.
Walker was one of the first international journalists to arrive in Kabul following the Taliban's takeover, producing an hour-long documentary special for VICE on Showtime that aired just weeks later and won the Emmy for best long form storytelling. Walker's work from the front lines of the fight against ISIS in Iraq won an Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of the offensive in Mosul, and he won another for documenting the final battle to end the ISIS caliphate in Syria.
Before joining VICE, Walker was host of the Emmy award-winning documentary show Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, covering protests in Ferguson, the CIA torture program, the Arab Spring uprisings, famine in East Africa, the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, and multiple U.S. presidential elections. Previous to that, Walker was Al Jazeera's Haiti correspondent, arriving in Port-au-Prince less than 24 hours after the January 2010 earthquake and staying more than a year to document its aftermath - he broke the story of UN peacekeepers bringing a cholera epidemic to Haiti.
Walker has won acclaim for his work from Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, El Salvador, Iran and the Sahel among many others. He currently lives in Washington DC and enjoys spending time with his 8-year-old son.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/sebastian-walker
Sebastian Walker is an Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the world's biggest stories. An editorial leader, investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and TV correspondent, Walker specializes in immersive, kinetic long form storytelling from challenging environments and in fast-moving situations.
Walker was one of the first international journalists to arrive in Kabul following the Taliban's takeover, producing an hour-long documentary special for VICE on Showtime that aired just weeks later and won the Emmy for best long form storytelling. Walker's work from the front lines of the fight against ISIS in Iraq won an Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of the offensive in Mosul, and he won another for documenting the final battle to end the ISIS caliphate in Syria.
Before joining VICE, Walker was host of the Emmy award-winning documentary show Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, covering protests in Ferguson, the CIA torture program, the Arab Spring uprisings, famine in East Africa, the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, and multiple U.S. presidential elections. Previous to that, Walker was Al Jazeera's Haiti correspondent, arriving in Port-au-Prince less than 24 hours after the January 2010 earthquake and staying more than a year to document its aftermath - he broke the story of UN peacekeepers bringing a cholera epidemic to Haiti.
Walker has won acclaim for his work from Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, El Salvador, Iran and the Sahel among many others. He currently lives in Washington DC and enjoys spending time with his 8-year-old son.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/sebastian-walker
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