ITV News Runs Additional Footage Of Gaza White Flag Shooting

ITV News released continuous footage of the shooting of a Gazan man standing under a white flag Tuesday after critics and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) officials dismissed it as “clearly edited.”

The broadcaster ran a segment on Tuesday night, following on from its initial reporting of the incident on January 23rd, that included new continuous footage of the shooting from a different angle and undermining accusations that the original clip, shot by an ITV cameraman, was edited to manipulate its audience. The extra evidence shows the ITV cameraman on the scene and is run alongside ITV News’ original.

The footage shows a group, including the victim, cautiously approaching buildings in southern Gaza with a white flag – a universal surrender symbol. Gunfire erupts, and the man, identified as Ramzi Abu Sahloul, falls, his blood staining the flag.

The men had just been interviewed by ITV News, with the victim explaining that he was trying to get to his mother and brother who were trapped in an adjacent building.

In an additional revelation profiled by the report, Brig. General Dan Goldfuss of the IDF who confirmed to ABC News they are probing the shooting. Goldfuss insisted that IDF troops do not target civilians: “There are mistakes, it is war.”

He continued: “That is not the way we carry out our rules of engagement.” When pressed over IDF occasionally targeting civilians, he firmly denied: “We don’t.”

ITV News cameraman Mohammed Abu Safia was also interviewed on Tuesday’s report, recounting the horror of the incident he revealed that he saw a sniper’s laser beam moments before Abu Sahloul was shot “in front of his eyes.” Despite his own fear, he resumed recording, capturing the heart-wrenching scene as Abu Sahloul’s sons tried to recover his body.

Using forensic audio analysis of both clips the news team attempted to pinpoint the location of the shooter and was able to spot IDF tanks nearby.

Critics had joined the IDF in its dismissal, including TalkTV military analyst and former NATO commander Chris Parry, who told host Julia Hartley-Brewer that the whole clip was a “classic fake” and even suggested that the Gazans had “staged” everything for show, using “ketchup as blood.”

The clip, which sparked fury among UK MPs and leading humanitarian charities like Amnesty International, was described as “a televised war crime” by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur.

In parliament, when asked about the incident, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, though concerned about civilian losses, stopped short of condemning the act as a “war crime.”