An Israeli news presenter broadcast a weapon live during a presentation from the studio, fearing another Hamas attack.
Lital Shemesh, a presenter for the right-wing Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, was pictured Tuesday sitting at her anchor desk with a gun in the waistband of her pants.
Shemesh's gun is right next to her microphone receivers as she sits on the edge of her presenter chair.
Her most recent social media post showed her practicing her marksmanship at a shooting range as she urged people to “get out your guns.”
She also posted several photos of herself reporting from the front lines, as well as in her soldier uniform.
Lital Shemesh (pictured), a presenter for right-wing Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, was pictured Tuesday sitting at her anchor desk with a gun tucked into the waistband of her pants.
Her most recent social media post (pictured) showed her practicing her shooting skills at a shooting range as she called on people to 'get out your guns'
She also posted several photos of herself reporting from the front lines (pictured above) and in her soldier uniform
The journalist and Israeli Army (IDF) reservist has previously spoken about the fight against Hamas.
“The entire country is being recruited to fight this war against terrorism, to fight this war against Hamas,” Shemesh said. Fox news shortly after the October 7 attack.
“We have not seen a massacre like this in Israel in the 75 years of Israel's existence. This is a second holocaust for us.”
This comes as fears of a new Hamas offensive have grown after the terror group killed 1,140 people, most of them civilians, in their October 7 attack, according to a count based on official Israeli figures.
Last month, a young couple was photographed taking to the streets in Israel with an assault rifle slung over their shoulders.
The pair were seen walking hand-in-hand through Jerusalem on December 4 as tensions rose in the city.
The journalist and Israeli Army (IDF) reservist has previously spoken about 'fighting Hamas' (photo: Shemesh in her uniform)
A young couple goes out for a night in Jerusalem, with the woman carrying a gun across her body
Before the brutal Hamas massacre on October 7, Israel had strict gun laws, granting permits only to people who could prove they needed extra security.
Applications used to take months to process, but can now be approved within days of completing an online form.
Gun shops and shooting ranges in Israel have since been flooded with citizens wanting to buy firearms to protect their families.
Less than a month after the Hamas attacks, 150,000 applications for weapons permits had been received, compared to just 42 in the same period last year.
Israeli Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has previously described gun ownership as a precaution against internal unrest between Jews and Israel's Arab minority.
In a televised address after the attacks, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said the government would “encourage citizens and help citizens to arm themselves for their self-defense.”
A few days after the deadly October 7 attack, a woman was spotted carrying an M16 assault rifle while grocery shopping in Sderot, one of the border towns attacked by Hamas terrorists.
The young woman – who was wearing a baggy gray T-shirt, dark blue shorts and flip-flops – was seen carrying a plastic bag to her car with the gun slung over her back.
She was also photographed holding her phone, which featured long, light blue nails, as she walked to her Nissan Micra.
A young woman carrying an M16 assault rifle has been spotted running errands in Israel (pictured), days after Hamas launched its barbaric attack on civilians.
The young woman, wearing a baggy gray T-shirt, dark blue shorts and flip-flops, was seen carrying a bag of cargo to her car with the gun slung over her shoulder.
She was also photographed holding her phone, which featured long, light blue nails, as she walked to her Nissan Micra parked in Sderot.
Sderot is less than a mile from Gaza and dozens of civilians and at least 20 members of the Israeli police were killed by terrorists who rampaged through the city.
Israel remains on high alert for any further incursions by armed attackers, either by Hamas fighters from Gaza or by Hezbollah units from Lebanon.
Since the country's declaration of independence in 1948, fixed-term military service has been mandatory for young people in the country.
From the age of 17, most Israeli teenagers – men and women – can be drafted to serve in the IDF for a mandatory period of two years and eight months.
As a result, Israel has the third largest active military in the world per capita, and the sixth largest reserve army in the world, by the same measure.
Moreover, the country – which spends more than 5 percent of its GDP on the IDF – has approximately three million people eligible for military service.