A day after the Rafah Border Gate was opened for the entry of 20 trucks of humanitarian aid, a second convoy of 17 trucks was allowed to pass on Sunday. The aim is to provide aid to residents of the Gaza Strip who are facing another night of air strikes. HE news TVE He began his broadcast on Sunday by emphasizing this fact.
Correspondent Óscar Mijallo was at Israel’s Gaza border To provide the latest news on the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group. Mijallo was able to establish the first connection without any problems. During the program, host Igor Gómez gave the floor to Mijallo again to give information about the second humanitarian aid convoy entering the Gaza Strip. Mijallo explained to his TVE colleagues: ““We are carefully monitoring what is happening at the Rafah border gate, where trucks apparently entered the Egyptian side.”.
However, the reporter had to interrupt his report. Israeli soldier appeared in front of the cameraHe demanded that the public broadcaster team end the broadcast. “Well, we’ll have to break that connection. We were keeping a close eye on those trucks, too.”Mijallo informed viewers before cutting off communication. Despite this, viewers were able to hear how the reporter attempted to dialogue and calm the soldier before Telediario played an informative video of the conflict.
After returning to the studio, presenter Lara Siscar apologized to the audience for what happened and said: “We sincerely regret this interruption in the live broadcast of information provided by our colleague Óscar Mijallo.” Journalist José Ramón Patterson, also a former correspondent for TVE, was one of the first to comment on this incident: “An Israeli soldier prevents Óscar Mijallo from informing TVE’s Telediario viewers about what is happening at the Gaza border,” Patterson said in a tweet. “Expression and truth are always the first victims in conflicts,” he said.