São Paulo
Roberto Cabrini, a Record reporter, had to interrupt an interview after a bomb alert in southern Israel. He was talking on the street with Brazilian Dora Chain, who lives a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip, at the moment when a siren started to ring and caused the three of them — her, the journalist and the cameraman — to run out in search of a safe place.
Cabrini went to Ashkelon, a city in southern Israel, to speak to Brazilians who live in one of the most dangerous areas of the country. In the interview, Chain explained to the reporter that the morning had been peaceful, but that they were going through “very difficult” days.
It took 30 seconds of conversation until a siren interrupted it. “Let’s go!”, said the Brazilian, motioning for Cabrini and the film reporter, Daniel Vicente, to follow her into her building.
The three ran to the stairs of the building and waited there for the sirens to stop. In the background, it was possible to hear the sound of explosions. “You can’t get used to it,” comments the Brazilian, who has lived in Israel for 23 years. “But on the other hand, I’m not leaving here. This is my city, this is my country.”
After interviewing Chain’s family, Cabrini went in search of the location of the explosion, which happened 500 meters from the building they were in. After 20 minutes of bombing, the reporter showed residents trying to put out the fire that had hit a car and the front of another building.
The journalist was sent by Record to cover the war between Israel and Hamas alongside the broadcaster’s Middle East correspondent, Denise Odorissi.
See in the video below the moment when Cabrini interrupts the interview because of the bomb alert: