DUBAI: BBC correspondent Rushdi Abualouf’s live report from Gaza on Radio 4’s “World at One” program was interrupted by an airstrike on Monday.
Abualouf was describing the situation on the ground when the sounds of an airplane were heard.
He did not take cover but said that there was an explosion and he could see a lot of smoke about 100 meters from a hospital.
The target of the airstrike was unclear, but it was in an area where, in addition to the hospital, there was a market and several schools where people were taking shelter, Abualouf added.
The correspondent said that in the event of an airstrike an area would not come to a standstill as “people get used to it.”
He added that there were thousands of airstrikes — several hundred every day — prior to Israeli troops starting their ground operation.
Abualouf had said hours earlier: “We are struggling to get credible information,” following a night of internet blackout and intense airstrikes.
He added: “(It is) maybe the biggest (series of airstrikes) since the start of this war.
