The prestigious journalist and owner of La Derecha Diario,
Javier Negre, who was in Israel covering the tour of Argentine president
Javier Milei, was caught in the middle of the recent military conflict between
Israel and
Iran.
In an exclusive interview with this outlet, Negre recounted the dramatic experience he went through after the escalation of the conflict, which forced the civilian population to take shelter in bunkers due to the constant threat of Iranian missiles, which seek to
strike civilian areas.
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We were at Shabbat dinner, with a Jewish family, with former deputy mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan, her husband, and other friends, and we were calm. Around 9 p.m., the air raid sirens started to sound and we had to go into the bunker," Negre said, describing the moment when everyday life turned into a war scenario.
The journalist explained that originally his trip had a very different journalistic objective: "
I had come to Israel to cover president Javier Milei's tour in Israel and I stayed two more days to go to a kibbutz and document Hamas's barbarity against the Israeli population."
However, the situation became unexpectedly complicated, forcing him to remain in Israel, "
with the airport closed" and with no immediate possibility of returning to Argentina.
Negre highlighted the composure and resilience of the Israeli civilian population, which, despite the constant threat from the
Iranian terrorist regime, keeps a calm and smiling attitude. "
The Israeli civilian population remains very calm and smiling because they say they've always been born into conflict, that they've always been in these kinds of situations," he noted.
However, he admitted that the seriousness of the current situation is different: "
The first minutes in the bunker were laughter, calmer conversations, but when they saw the rain of Iranian missiles, they realized that this time it's different, and that Iran is taking it seriously, and wants to fill Tel Aviv with ashes and dead. This isn't like the other attacks."
The journalist confessed that, unlike the Israelis, he isn't used to living under this constant threat: "
I'm not used to these kinds of situations. I had planned to return to Argentina on Monday, with a layover in Madrid, then go to Mexico and other countries, and now we're trapped in Israel."
On social media, Negre had uploaded a video together with the former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, in which he explained: "
We send missiles to military installations, Iran sends them to civilian population centers, they want to harm children, women, everyone."
Likewise, after leaving the bunker, the Spanish journalist, together with Fleur Hassan, announced: "
We've already left, we're going to wait for everything to calm down. We might be attacked again, it's going to be a long night."
The situation remains critical in the region, with the airport closed and the country under maximum alert, while Israel and its citizens face a new and dangerous escalation of violence from Islamic terrorism.
