CNN reporter fakes being near Hamas attack

Published October 11th, 2023 - 05:55 GMT
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ALBAWABA - A CNN reporter was slammed after being caught on camera fake being under Hamas fire.

Nic Robertson, an international diplomatic editor of CNN, was wearing a Press Vest and a helmet while appearing in a video kneeling down during a news report from one of the settlements in Israel that is close to the Gaza border. 

He said in the video: "They're counting the bodies. This is the saddest part of liberating and taking back control of the kibbutz."

According to the CNN reporter, the video was taken nearly a kilometer from the Gaza border and it was after two days of fighting which started on Oct. 7.

Robertson maintained: "There are bodies everywhere. There are so many murdered; men, women, children."

The CNN journalist was seen in the video kneeling down "fake" being targeted by Hamas fire, meanwhile, Israeli forces in the background were walking normally.

CNN and many Western media agencies are accused of being propagandists during the Gaza-Israel conflict. Many agencies are slammed by pro-Palestinian activists for turning a blind eye to what Israel is committing in Gaza, from killing civilians and targeting hospitals to the accusations of using "white phosphorus bombs," which are banned internationally. 

An X user posted the video and said: "Why is this CNN propagandist in Israel kneeling like he is under fire, while everyone else is walking upright behind him?."

A person commented: "Did they change Hollywood location?"

Health Ministry in Gaza reported that at least 950 people were killed in Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip and over 5,000 others were injured.