‘We Have Seen the Worst of Humanity’: Fox’s Trey Yingst Reflects on the Personal Toll of Reporting from War-Torn Israel

Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reflected on the personal toll reporting from the frontlines of the Israel-Hamas war zone during an interview on the network.

Yingst spoke with Howard Kurtz for a Sunday interview on MediaBuzz — where he discussed his recent reporting on the conflict. The reporter has traveled all across the world reporting from the frontlines of multiple conflicts, including the war in Ukraine.

During the interview, Yingst described the brutal killings and horrific violence that he’s witnessed in the last week —  noting he has “seen the worst of humanity on display.”

KURTZ: I’ve seen you report on scenes of heinous crime. What kind of toll is it taking on you personally?

YINGST: Look, we have a job to do, and it’s our job to go to the places that other people won’t go and tell the stories that other people won’t tell. And this week that involved going to Israeli communities along the border and looking at the aftermath of massacres against civilians. What happened last weekend was not combatant on combatant, it was a terror attack against innocent civilians. We went to a community that’s known for its printing press and also for its art gallery. People were peaceful there. They were quietly at home on a weekend and militants, terrorists went into the homes of these civilians and slaughtered them at point-blank rage. So it’s part of our job to go and to show people what it was like, and it was truly horrific. Bloodstained the floors, there were bodies lining the sidewalks in this small community, and it just gives you a sense of what it’s like here in southern Israel. Personally, we’ve got to put a lot of our emotions aside. We have to let people know what’s happening here, understanding that a we are, indeed, the first draft of history and for decades to come people will look back at this moment, and they need accurate and clear information about what a took place.

KURTZ: Right. At the same time, as we saw in clips we played at the top, every journalist tries to put his or her emotions aside, but it can be almost impossible when you’re dealing with murdered children and so forth, and you’re not alone on this.

YINGST: Yeah, absolutely. And, look, there have been some difficult, difficult moments over the past week. We have seen the worst of humanity on display, Howie.

Watch the full clip above via Fox News.

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