News from Turkey’s Journalists in Gaza: "We are okay"

Following Israel’s breach of the cease-fire six hours in, attacks continue. Journalists were asked to evacuate hotels in the region where Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announced “the expansion of ground operations.”

There are journalists from Turkey in Gaza as well. ATV television channel reporters Ahmet Görmez and Taşkın Ural, TRT television channel’s Ediz Tiyanşan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Havva Avcı are following Israel’s attack on Gaza.

Tiyanşan reported that they had taken refuge in a safe place and tweeted this at the Israeli Security Forces’ account:

Our coordinates are 31.52246141028067,34.45888523310056 We are 6 journalists and local staff, all completely unarmed! @IDFSpokesperson

— Ediz Tiyanşan (@Ediz99) July 17, 2014

Görmez shared on Twitter that they were all together and well.

Ersoy and Avcı tweeted that journalists were asked to evacuate the hotels.

The journalists report on their conditions from their Twitter accounts, @ahmetgormez, @Ediz99, @ersoyakif1, and @avcihavva. (EA/PU)