Live Update From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Indian news outlet films Hamas prepping, firing rocket
An Indian news outlet publishes a report about Hamas’s method of assembling and launching rockets; its reporter witnessed its fighters throw up a tent and build a launching site a day before the ceasefire. It then films the launch moments before the ceasefire took effect this morning.
“NDTV witnessed one such rocket silo being created under a tent right next to the hotel where our team was staying,” the report says. “Minutes later, we saw the rocket being fired, just before the 72-hour ceasefire came into effect.”
Footage of Hamas military activities during Operation Protective Edge was rarely published by foreign reporters in the Gaza Strip.
The full video report can be watched here.