Sarah Harris fights back tears on The Project as reflects on the thousands of innocent children in Gaza killed by Israeli airstrikes: ‘This can’t keep happening’
Sarah Harris has broken down in tears on live television over the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, which is killing a child every ten minutes.
The Project host choked up Monday after a report on the Middle East conflict highlighted the plight of Palestinian children caught in the line of fire between Israel and Hamas.
The death toll in Gaza since Hamas launched its wave of terror attacks on Israel on October 7 has surpassed 11,000 people, including more than 4,500 children – the equivalent of one every 10 minutes, according to the World Health Organization.
“It’s hard when you have little kids, too,” Harris said, her voice tinged with emotion.
The death toll in Gaza since Hamas launched its terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 has surpassed 11,000 people, including more than 4,500 children – the equivalent of one every 10 minutes, according to the World Health Organization.
“It’s these beautiful children and what they’re going through and of course there has to be a ceasefire, but what happens next?”
Harris held a tissue in her hands and wiped away tears as her co-host Waleed Aly went through the different global positions on the call for a ceasefire.
“But ultimately I don’t see Israel meeting these requests or demands because for them this is exactly what needs to be done,” Aly said.
He said the impact went beyond the death toll.
“It’s the toll on the living. Those stories of people who undergo surgery without anesthesia, children but also adults,” Aly said.
Pictured: Palestinians evacuate a dead child from a building destroyed on Sunday during Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah
A Palestinian man holds the body of his child next to others killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah on Sunday
‘Some stories of women who have given birth, caesarean sections without anesthesia and on and on. Imagine the risk of infection. There comes a point where – and you can clearly see the world is moving towards that – where the world says, “There has to be another way.”’
But Harris, having regained her composure, asked what would be done against Hamas.
“Because these aren’t good boys,” she said.
“You don’t go into villages and slaughter families in their beds, so where do you go?
“But this (the slaughter of children in Gaza) cannot keep happening, because it’s just… it’s just, yeah. That is not possible.’