Fox News reporter Trey Yingst impressed with his steadfast reporting live from Jerusalem on Monday as explosions went off around him.
Jerusalem came under attack on Monday as Hamas launched rockets. Yingst appeared live from the city, covering the clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police officers.
“Stay with me one second, Eric,” Yingst told Fox News’ Eric Shawn. As tensions began to rise, the young reporter calmly said to his cameraman, “Listen to me, here — listen to me, look me in the eyes, walk with me.”
“One second, Eric,” he again said, walking with his crew. “We’re just gonna back up here.”
“There’s gonna be an explosion, it’s fine. Keep moving,” Yingst assured his crew.
Shawn told the reporter, “Be safe.”
“We’re good. We’re good. We’re just backing up a little bit. I wanna make sure my crew is here.”
As sounds of explosions pop off in the background, Yingst noted of the eruption of violence. “They’re (Palestinians) throwing stones at Israeli police officers, they’re throwing other objects, glass bottles at those officers who are now responding with stun grenades.”
As reported by The Daily Wire, the rocket attack on Jerusalem happened on Yom Yerushalayim Day, which “celebrates the Jews taking Jerusalem back in the 1967 Six-Day War. It commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City, where the Temple Mount is located.”
“A fire broke out on the Temple Mount near the Al Aqsa Mosque,” The Daily Wire added. “The Temple Mount is the site of the two ancient Temples of Israel and the current site of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The fire was apparently started by fireworks.”
Playing into the chaos, a Palestinian Authority (PA) election was canceled in recent weeks after it “became clear to PA President Mahmoud Abbas that he would lose control to Hamas,” The Daily Wire noted. Blaming Israel, Abbas said, “We have decided to postpone the election until the participation of our people in Jerusalem is guaranteed.”
The Associated Press reported: “The last elections, held in 2006 with international support and Israeli cooperation, saw Hamas win a landslide victory after campaigning as a scrappy underdog untainted by corruption. That sparked an internal crisis culminating in Hamas’ seizure of Gaza the following year, which confined Abbas’ authority to parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Hamas’ popularity has fallen in the years since, as conditions in Gaza have steadily deteriorated.”
On the same day as the rocket attacks, “Iranian military gunboats with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization, swarmed several U.S. warships on Monday that were escorting a U.S. submarine,” The Daily Wire reported.
“Over a dozen Iranian gunboats harass formation of six U.S. warships including guided-missile submarine Georgia,” said Fox News Pentagon correspondent Lucas Tomlinson. “U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots in response in [the] Strait of Hormuz.”
WATCH:
Watch @TreyYingst completely keep his stride as grenades go off. “Ok, walk with me, gonna be an explosion. It’s ok.” pic.twitter.com/8sGBivsjjk
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 10, 2021
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