Jerusalem, October 9: Clarissa Ward, CNN's senior correspondent, and her team, who immediately went to southern Israel to cover the escalating battle with Hamas, sought shelter as missiles erupted overhead on their first day of reporting. Ward made her comments during a live reporting hit on Monday while taking shelter from a 'barrage of missiles' heading into Israel's south.

"Forgive me. I have a slightly inelegant position,” Ward said as she delivered her report while crouched against an embankment. “We have just had a massive barrage of rockets coming in here not too far from us. So we have had to take shelter here by the roadside", she said during the live reporting. 'No Food, No Water, No Electricity and Fuel': Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant Orders 'Complete Siege' of Gaza After Hamas Killed Over 700 Israeli Civilians (Watch Video).

CNN Journalist Clarissa Ward, Her Team Takes Cover From ‘Barrage of Rockets’

"We’re just about five minutes away. Gaza is in that direction. We can hear now a lot of jets in the sky,” Ward continued. “We can also hear the Iron Dome intercepting a number of those rockets as they were whizzing overhead and making an impact in that direction, not too far from here", the CNN journalist continued while lying on her side, clearly out of breath. Ward explained to viewers that her team was there because it was "Ground Zero for this entire operation of carnage." Israel-Palestine War: Rocket From Gaza Hits and Damages Vicinity of Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Video Surfaces.

This was the first place where they breached that border wall and they basically drove down this strip, just spraying lead wherever they went. We saw — in fact, I was just grabbing it before that happened and we had to hit the deck — but, heavy weaponry being used. Forgive me. A little difficult after being crouched in a ditch to know exactly what’s been going on, she added while leaving her hiding spot in the video.

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