The BBC journalist who wept for Gaza: Producer left grief-stricken at sight of victims in hospital wing says young orphan was the same age as his daughter - as his cameraman finds friend who survived bloodshed which killed his family
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BBC Arabic's Adnan El-Bursh cried while reporting from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
His team discovered their friends, relatives and neighbours were injured or dead
By Mark Duell and Stewart Carr and David Averre
Published: 04:18 EDT, 13 October 2023 | Updated: 10:47 EDT, 13 October 2023
A BBC journalist broke down in tears in a Gaza hospital after meeting a girl whose home was destroyed and family killed, saying she is the same age as his daughter.
BBC Arabic reporter Adnan El-Bursh fell to his knees and removed his glasses before wiping his face as he was overcome by emotion at the Al Shifa Hospital yesterday.
Mr El-Bursh and his team - including cameraman Mahmoud al-Ajrami, who was also left in tears - had discovered that their friends, relatives and neighbours were among those injured or killed in the hospital and he described how 'bodies lay everywhere'.
In Mr El-Bursh's report, a young girl with a bloodied face was seen sitting upright in a hospital bed while crying and covered in dust as a doctor tended to her legs.
The journalist and producer, who lives in Gaza and has worked for the BBC since December 2010, revealed the child had lost her home and her relatives were dead.
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