Reporting Gaza: the challenge of being ajournalist and a resident | BBC News

In Gaza, Palestinian journalists document the war asthey live it on a daily basis. In this BBC World Servicefilm, we hear the story of BBC Arabic's reporter inGaza, Adnan El-Bursh who found himself reporting the news, as he was living through it.

Israel launched a military campaign in response toHamas' cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7October, during which about 1,200 people were killedand 253 others were taken hostage.

More than 34,480 people have been killed in Gazasince then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

A deal agreed in November saw Hamas release 105 ofthe hostages in return for a week-long ceasefire andsome 240 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.