This is the shocking moment a BBC reporting team ducks for cover as Israeli missile strike destroys a building near the broadcaster's rooftop base.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video BBC journalists have shared footage of a devastating missile strike just a few hundred yards away from their reporting position in Gaza. The broadcast team can be seen ducking for cover as a deafening explosion rings out near their base in the Palestinian territory, which has been the focus of Israeli retaliation in the wake of a surprise attack by Hamas militants this weekend.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Israel responded by launching air strikes, which it claims have targeted militant positions, killing more than 400 people. A number of other journalists have been caught in terrifying situations near the front line. Al Jazeera’s Youmna El Sayed was reporting live on ‘barrages of rockets’ entering Gaza when a fireball erupted behind her, forcing her to take cover as she screamed.