U.S. Journalist Shares What He Saw in Gaza: "People Are Starving Right Now" - Amanpour and Company PBS

[Rhiannon12866]

Major news organizations are calling on Israel to allow international journalists in and out of Gaza. Right now, the world is dependent on local reporters and humanitarians for information. Israel, so far, has not budged.

But American journalist Afeef Nessouli managed to get into Gaza volunteering as a medical worker, and was able to spend his off-hours reporting. Nessouli wrote about the suffering he saw a piece in "The Intercept," co-authored by Steven Thrasher, and he joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk about it. - Originally aired on August 1, 2025.

[AloeVera]

1. If foreign reporters were let in, the "war" would be over in a minute.

Which is why they have been banned.

[moniss]

2. Yes indeed and Netanyahu has placed

heavy pressure on domestic outlets as well.

[AloeVera]

3. Such heavy pressure that over 200 local press members are dead.

Along with their families in many cases.

All others remaining, including those working for Reuters and AP, are enduring the same starvation as the rest of Gaza - and soon will be too weak to continue reporting.

We are then going to know even less about the extent of the horrors and crimes as Gaza goes totally dark.

[moniss]

4. Yes indeed and by "domestic" I include the

outlets in Israel as well. There have been several articles written about the government pressure on their own media.

[AloeVera]

5. Oh right! I'm not surprised to hear that...

I did read about how Israelis are sheltered about Gaza. I thought their one-sided media coverage was the result of a national concensus supporting the war. Not surprised now that government censorship also plays a part.