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Horrific images from Israel-Hamas war pose challenges for TV news

CNN coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Once again, TV news is saturated with images of an international conflict only a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But veterans of such stories have rarely seen anything like the brutal weekend attack on Israel by Hamas, the radical Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.

Viewers have become accustomed to live shots of bombs and rising smoke from air strikes since CNN reported from Baghdad during the first Gulf War in 1991, widely considered the first war televised in real time. However, the horror that has unfolded onscreen over the last several days from the Middle East is presenting a level of intensity not witnessed since the terror attacks

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