Fox News‘ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was forced to seek cover while live on the air in Tel Aviv on Friday while discussing the missile impact of Iran’s retaliation after a war with Israel broke out.
“OK, there’s just a massive amount of fire coming to Tel Aviv right now. Yaniv, get ready to pull it off the sticks. Get off the sticks. All right, let’s go. Time to go,” Yingst suddenly told his crew as he was on the air with Fox News anchors Sandra Smith and John Roberts.
“OK, guys, come on. Everyone, move. Everyone, move now. Stay with us. Stay with us. Pick up the gear. Let’s go,” Yingst continued as he and his camera crew drew back for safety while on a hotel balcony. The Fox News reporter was broadcasting amid a barrage of missile fire that rained down on Tel Aviv on Friday night, just as Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system attempted to intercept incoming fire.
“So, some of this I can already see, John and Sandra, is not being intercepted. We just saw one of the missiles. OK, and there’s an interception right over Tel Aviv. Pull out here, Yaniv, and you’re going to see the trail. Just listen here. OK, this is some short range systems,” Yingst continued as the Iranian missile barrage intensified amid sirens, smoke rising and missile trails lighting up the nighttime sky.
Fox News’ Roberts interrupted to remark the missile fire over Tel Aviv was unprecedented, and Yingst agreed. “Yes, John, Sandra, you saw those live images. Israel is under a massive ballistic missile barrage. I have reported here for nearly seven years and never seen such an attack against an Israeli city. The amount of air defense that you saw going off there is — it’s unprecedented. It appears that they are targeting some of the centrally located positions in Tel Aviv,” Yingst reported.
The missile fire from Iran follows Israel’s military attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and other targets the previous evening.
