How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Affected Journalists

By: Jared Malsin | CJR

Tyler Hicks, a photojournalist for The New York Times, was sitting in his hotel room in Gaza last summer when he heard an explosion. He looked out the window and saw the boys. He grabbed his helmet, flak jacket, and cameras, and ran toward the beach. Not knowing whether the Israeli gunner would strike again, he strode onto the sand and captured the scene: four young boys, cousins, had been killed by Israeli shelling. Other journalists followed, along with a large group of neighbors rushing to aid the boys.