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Since Israel launched Operation Protective
Edge on 8 July with the stated aim of
stopping rocket fire from Palestinian
militants in the Gaza Strip, more than
1,900 people have been killed.
Although the fighting has invariably appeared
at the top of the news bulletins of
international broadcasters for four weeks,
their coverage has varied considerably,
particularly on the use of graphic images.
English-language broadcasters, including the
BBC, CNN and al-Jazeera English, as well as
television channels based in China and Russia
have chosen not to broadcast many of the
most shocking images that are shown regularly
by channels in the Middle East and Islamic
world.
Israel
Mainstream Israeli TV channels have been
largely supportive of the military operation in
Gaza, with many pressing the government to
intensify attacks on the militants.
Channel 2 TV broadcast pictures of the
aftermath of a rocket attack in southern Israel
TV reports have focused on the details of
military operations, with soldiers described as
"heroic", and on the plight of Israeli civilians
living within range of rockets.
Israeli channels have broadcast reports about
the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but this
has not been the focus of their news bulletins.
Palestinian territories
Al-Aqsa TV, the Gaza-based satellite channel
run by the militant Islamist Hamas movement,
has shown very graphic pictures of casualties
resulting from the conflict, including dead
children.
Footage broadcast by al-Aqsa TV allegedly
showed fighters attacking an Israeli soldier
It has sent reporters and cameras to hospitals,
from where they have broadcast live pictures
of wounded people being brought in.
The channel has also broadcast lengthy films
that glorify Palestinian militants, showing them
firing rockets and in one case emerging from a
tunnel near an Israeli installation and killing a
guard.
Its coverage of Israel has focused on the panic
caused by the rockets and soldiers' coffins. http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28680590
Edge on 8 July with the stated aim of
stopping rocket fire from Palestinian
militants in the Gaza Strip, more than
1,900 people have been killed.
Although the fighting has invariably appeared
at the top of the news bulletins of
international broadcasters for four weeks,
their coverage has varied considerably,
particularly on the use of graphic images.
English-language broadcasters, including the
BBC, CNN and al-Jazeera English, as well as
television channels based in China and Russia
have chosen not to broadcast many of the
most shocking images that are shown regularly
by channels in the Middle East and Islamic
world.
Israel
Mainstream Israeli TV channels have been
largely supportive of the military operation in
Gaza, with many pressing the government to
intensify attacks on the militants.
Channel 2 TV broadcast pictures of the
aftermath of a rocket attack in southern Israel
TV reports have focused on the details of
military operations, with soldiers described as
"heroic", and on the plight of Israeli civilians
living within range of rockets.
Israeli channels have broadcast reports about
the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but this
has not been the focus of their news bulletins.
Palestinian territories
Al-Aqsa TV, the Gaza-based satellite channel
run by the militant Islamist Hamas movement,
has shown very graphic pictures of casualties
resulting from the conflict, including dead
children.
Footage broadcast by al-Aqsa TV allegedly
showed fighters attacking an Israeli soldier
It has sent reporters and cameras to hospitals,
from where they have broadcast live pictures
of wounded people being brought in.
The channel has also broadcast lengthy films
that glorify Palestinian militants, showing them
firing rockets and in one case emerging from a
tunnel near an Israeli installation and killing a
guard.
Its coverage of Israel has focused on the panic
caused by the rockets and soldiers' coffins. http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28680590
