Secunder Kermani
@SecKermani
Foreign Correspondent @Channel4News, ex BBC Pakistan & Afghanistan Correspondent / Newsnight
So honoured to be given this award and thank you everyone for such kind messages 🙏🏽🌺 Hope we managed to do justice to those who trusted us with telling their stories & to ask the difficult questions of those who need to be held to account 💪🏽
Network Television Journalist of the Year goes to @SecKermani. The jury was blown away by their ability to work with “empathy while retaining balance in the most challenging of circumstances.” #RTSAwards
Awful: deaths from malnutrition / hunger accelerating significantly in recent days it seems
Gaza hospitals report 15 starvation deaths in 24 hours, hunger-related deaths up to 101 haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
[1/8] People in #Gaza who have survived bombs & bullets are starving. Yesterday, Israeli forces again fired on crowds waiting for aid trucks. Hospitals report >80 people killed. The starving arrived as the wounded. There seems to be no limits to this cruelty. A🧵from Gaza…
In Gaza right now: Children dying from malnutrition People killed by Israeli soldiers whilst trying to get aid Weak from hunger people are literally collapsing in the streets This is insane
The Palestinian journalist Anas Al Shareef couldn’t hold back his tears after seeing people collapse out of hunger in the streets of Gaza.
Palestinian official tells BBC the Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha are deadlocked.Despite 4 sessions in 2.5 days of indirect talks between Hamas and Israel, the official said that Israel refuses to allow free flow of aid via UN agencies and won’t commit to withdrawing from areas it…
IDF soldiers say they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites despite no threat being present haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
My latest film for @Channel4News. It’s the story of two Bedouin villages, both subject to the same Israeli playbook for forced displacement. But here’s the thing, one of them is in the West Bank, the other in Israel. Made with @DaniIsdale @paraicobrien & Kristy Breetzke
Beyond the West Bank: the new frontier of Israel’s settlement expansion channel4.com/news/beyond-th…
Doctors in Gaza warn that supplies of baby formula are dangerously low, with Israel not allowing anywhere enough aid in Meanwhile the Israel / US backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" distribution sites resemble real life "hunger games" Our report: With @YousefHammash…
'Whether the Israelis are capable of forcing regime change in Iran is another question.' @SecKermani and @lindseyhilsum talk about the possibility of a new regime in Iran, on the latest episode of the Fourcast.
Iran denies launching missiles after the ceasefire
#BREAKING: No missiles were launched toward Israel after the ceasefire took effect, Iranian state media said on Tuesday, denying violating the ceasefire.
Can’t understand Iran’s logic here? Launching 2 missiles long after the ceasefire came into effect - they’re intercepted - Israel promising to retaliate & capable of inflicting much more significant damage
Defense Minister Israel Katz says he has instructed the IDF to "respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran."
Trump announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran is due to come into place imminently Including some rather convoluted terms about 12 / 24 hour periods
“The world may be more focused on the war with Iran but how can we allow such immense suffering in Gaza to be forgotten”. @SecKermani @Channel4News. Gunned down while searching for food. Take the time to watch. channel4.com/news/gaza-an-a…
All signs are this was a carefully calculated move by the Iranians - a response to America’s bombing raid, but not one that further escalates the situation The US base has already been evacuated / Qatar was warned ahead of time / no casualties caused