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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: Covering Gaza: 'Our duty is to keep reporting'
Description: "Without journalists, who would report what's happening?" says producer Mohammed Shehada (left).
The death toll in Gaza amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has likely exceeded 18,000, although precise figures are impossible to calculate. The carnage makes it too risky for most media to have reporters in the territory. NHK's reporting on the ground is being handled by two long-serving Palestinian staff.