Overnight, Israeli authorities took the extraordinary step of calling international media into a private briefing room to show 'raw and gruesome' footage of Hamas terrorists killing innocent Israelis on October 7, says Sky News host Sharri Markson.
Overnight, Israeli authorities took the extraordinary step of calling international media into a private briefing room to show"raw and gruesome" footage of Hamas terrorists killing innocent Israelis on October 7, says Sky News host Sharri Markson.
"Israeli authorities felt the international media were downplaying, or even denying, what had unfolded in these terror attacks," Ms Markson said.Ms Markson said 100 international journalists viewed the footage from October 7 on Monday night with some bursting into tears as they saw beheadings, torture and murder.
"Israel showed journalists this footage because it needs the world to understand what happened in order to explain why Israel is fighting back so forcefully."
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