My Frightening Experience On The Gaza Border (
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2023
- Gaza. Ever since the attacks on October 7th, this small strip of land has been the focus of the world's attention. As of the making of this video, the war between Israel and Hamas is still ongoing; around 1500 Israelis have perished, along with almost 20,000 Palestinians.
I decided to find my way to the largest border town with Gaza: Sderot. It was heavily attacked on October 7th and even occuped by Hamas for several days. Now it was a launchpad for IDF incursions into Gaza. I wanted to see who decided to stay, after everything that had happened..
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Interestingly, in the past two days, only the United States voted against the United Nations’ vote to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
I'm pretty sure some of the big MSM names will reach out to you for this. Impressive work
@@user-wi6sg4oi6pU.S. scum can do whatever they please. Warmongering bunch of cunts intent on making money from this conflict.
As an Australian I am sick of the Yanks doing anything they want, yet not be accountable for their actions.
It seems as it's a "do as I say, not as I do" attitude...
I like your style Tommy, very interesting perspective.
even though you tried to be fair handed you couldve delved deeper and researched the other side
Tommy, not many people have the balls to do what you're doing. I know you dont consider yourself a journalist, but this is truly what journalism is at its core. Raw, uncut, unfiltered footage with actual boots on the ground. Love this content man. God Bless and stay safe- from one New Yorker to another.
Hey Tommy I think I have figured out why you don't mind traveling alone so much....your not alone, you got your camera and through a back to the future technology I am with you bro every trip you take.
So uh yeah we gonna ever stop going to war zones for no sensible reason other than your just one cool a*s, don't give a fu.#, mother##cker. You a cool cat...
Hey Tommy, how old are you, bro?
What kind of business did you opearte/own in China? Shanghai
he does not like to mention facts that contradicts the mainstream media, he is very careful with his words and he clearly will never ever dwell into the truth of the matter of what is actually going on. Here is a fact, Hamas released hostages and the hostages were hugging and thanking them for the humane treatment. Also he never mentioned that where Hamas attacked, the border was left unmaned for that day, strange eh ? Israel has the highest most sophisticated secure border in the world, they know when a cat passes by that border, you mean to tell me they didnt know Hamas was going to attack even after multiple warnings from Egypt ? Come on you all cant be this dumb right ??
Journalists arnt allowed to film the genocide though
@@DaFonz808 they're not allowing any foreign journalists in Gaza to witness the war crimes
@@frederickkoomson3910 From Hamas
The reason the taxi driver didn't want you to put the seatbelt is because if there was a siren you would have to get out of the car and run away from it and you have under 10 seconds and seatbelt under pressure can really slow you down. oddly enough in this case seatbelt is the difference between life and death but to the opposite direction 😞
Oh, wow. As someone from central Israel, it didn't even cross my mind.
גם אני בהתחלה לא הבנתי ואז נפל לי האסימון@@tFighterPilot
I live in Jerusalem and at the beginning of the war, I drove some evacuees from sderot in Jerusalem. They didn’t put on their seatbelts, which surprised me because the car was beeping. After a couple minutes of beeping, i asked them to put on their seatbelts. They told me that they forgot that you’re supposed to wear seatbelts because in Sderot you’re not supposed to.
@@fliggler18 what a sad reality people get used to: running to bomb shelters
Jeez. Just imagine how it is in Gaza! Without the luxury of shelters and an iron dome.
Tommy; this has moved me. Thank you for giving us this powerful insight. You’ve gone to great lengths to help us see how life is for too many people during what must feel like hell atm. I don’t know if there are awards for Vlogging but I’d suggest this is worthy of one. Sending best wishes to you for Christmas and I hope you’re getting some friends/ family time as you’re back in NYC ❤🎄
I've been subscribed to you for a long time now but never commented until now, your videos are getting really, really good. I'm not sure if you even realize how good you are at investigative journalism. This is far superior to any of the major "news" outlets.
Keep up the great work, man! This is quality stuff.
Ana from Ukraine! What a genuine person the world needs more of her.
@@DaFonz808Ukraine will run out of soldiers to use the money before long. We need to end war worldwide and help people with money instead of killing each other!
suka yebanaya@@dfui.
occupying your mums snatch@@traditionalistcultur
@@DaFonz808 Pay up piggy
@@traditionalistculturso are you
I don't know how to explain why I like your videos so much.
It's like you're one of the only RUclipsrs who doesn't do that subconscious RUclipsr personality.
You kind of mumble in a way too... But it's perfect - don't stop doing that. Im serious, it comes off as real and humble. I mean this as a huge compliment. Its a smooth voice.
Something about you and this channel really has a charm to it. That and you have an extremely contagious smile.
Youre really good at being yourself. Never change.
Loving your videos in The Holy Land. So sick of the propoganda and clickbait stuff from others.
Your humanity shines through. What a situation over there, so heartbreaking ❤
the Holy Shit Land 😂😭
@@deoczidGONI ohh another woke sheep lover
What an incredible person Ana is by feeding the cats. They must be so scared and hungry 😢 Despite all the chaos, people like that brings a sliver of hope.
Facts.
Excellent. They come from Ukraine and America to feed cats, kill Arab children, expel them from their land, and describe them as terrorists. What humanity.
@sergiolandz6056 it's the cats for me.
@sergiolandz6056 Caring for cats does not somehow mean that people don't care about dead children. It's a false equivalency. Let good people do good things and stop micromanaging emotion. ✌️
@@Songovstorms15
We are all lovers of cats, and they are not responsible for the crimes of the Zionists, but my problem is with the video message throughout, which focuses on the fact that the resistance fighters are terrorists and caused the deportation of people, leaving only cats and Asian and Ukrainian workers.
Thank you so much for doing what you do. You are one of the bravest people ive ever seen.. seeing the empty streets of that city was so creepy to me. I feel bad for every poor soul involved in that conflict. P.s. the part with the cat that wanted you to pet it broke my heart. There are probably so many misplaced animals. Being an animal lover myself it hurts me to see that
Hardly anyone talks about the toll war takes on animal companions. I have similar feelings for them in Ukraine and Syria. Thank God for sending angels like this woman to help the little ones that are often abandoned when these types of conflicts arise around the world
This! 😔They're the true innocents in wars!
There are many Israeli volunteers who rescued pets from the border villages.
the cats part made me cry we often forget it's not just us that war affects
I wanted to say the exact same thing. Those cats made me feel so sad.
@@ChasingPerhapssame. 😔💔
The bereaved pets on both sides are truly the most innocent party affected. They have feelings too, don't know what's going on, miss their owners, and are probably starving and scared. That poor kitty following Tommy broke my heart 😢
You 100% care more about an animal than a human life lmao psychopath
@@lillily4655The cat made the same sounds as my cat when I found her 10 days after her escape. I wish he gave food, they are starving.
Just another invaluable video. There's my man again. Showing your humility and kindness wherever you go. You're truly an old soul, and your selfless actions bring others close to you (as seen by the way the Ukrainian lady offered you a ride). Here is the greatest youtuber of all times. ❤❤❤❤❤
One of the few channels where you NEED notifications on. Next level content as always, thanks for sharing your journeys with us!
Your adventure becomes a mission. Your coverage is what those press people are missing. Your random talk with Anna with her story is a first hand evidence of courage, I guess. The cats on the street express their own feeling of discomfort in a time like this.Take care and be safe.
This video had such a palpable sense of what happened there. It’s almost like I felt the horrors through my screen. Thank you for showing us something that would be completely impossible unless you did for the world to see. Amazing work Tommy!
The beginning of the video is a lot of lies. In short, the Israelis occupy the Palestinian territories by force of arms and steal everything. Groundwater and gas. They control the borders and besiege the Palestinian people. They practice racial discrimination and build settlements. America and NATO support them with everything.
Love the real ground reporting you’ve been doing. Stay safe and show the world what’s really going on.
well he left many important details out and is basically repeating what the mainstream media is saying so.... And wtf is he doing next to the border if theres a war ? Cant be a war if there's no 2 army's. Hamas is not even a army, they are a group LOL anyways of and tommy boy didnt mention that its Israel that funded the creation of Hamas, you all can go look it up but people rahter get mad and call me names because the media controls your brains.
Ya, you can see very little damage done in Israel and Gaza turned to rubble and 20000 people dead.
@@meandu2-fh8jr Turns out it was stupid af to attack a nation that dwarfs your military capabilities.
@@generalmartok3990 Yes you are correct Hitler. Americas little bum chum. Hamas are terrorists, children in Gaza are not. Remember the holocaust, lots of innocent people died. This is the same, except the Jews are the nazis now.
@@generalmartok3990 Yes it was Hit-Ler.
Appreciate very much for streaming a first-hand look at the war front. Wishing you a safe journey home!
bro its CRAZY to see you in my hometown Sderot, while im evacuated from there :D thank you for your actual grounding work
Is it fun for you living next door to a concentration camp? Have you been to the Sderot Cinema? Or is it too risky this time?
@@moldypizza
Gaza was lovely when the Israelis handed it back to the Palestinians. Then they voted in Hamas and ruined everything.
And suckers like you fall for the lies.
@@shardanette1 When Zionist Apartheid Israel puts 2 million Palestinians in a jail for the last 20 years…I think most people would vote for anyone to get them out of that hell hole. I would…whatever group said they could get me out of the prison I had been kept in for 20 years…I would vote for whoever thought they could do it. It’s not just being in prison 20 years, it’s being bombed in that prison, having food and water shut off , and being starved by the Israelis, while living in that prison. What kind of evil government does that? And these aren’t criminals. They were forced off their land by Israel and ended up in Gaza.
The Zionist Apartheid Israel government put 2 million Palestinians in a prison. They can never get out, they can’t get a passport, they can’t ever see another country, like the rest of the world, they have no hope. They are born in a prison and they die in a prison. And if that was not enough…the prison has been bombed for the last 15 years. Israel calls it mowing the grass. To make sure the Palestinians know who is master and who is slave. And Israel will decide at certain times…that they aren’t going to send food , water, electricity and medical aid into Gaza…during that 20 years. Palestinians don’t know when everything will be shut off. They never know when food, water, electricity stops. So Palestinians die from starvation and lack of water. And this has been going on for 20 years. This is barbaric to treat any human like this and that is why millions of people see Israel as the terrorists and why millions are at rallies every week.
zionatsi detected, you guys will be remembered as the germans were after ww2. If germany had to pay jewish people 90 billion dollars how much do you think you will pay palestenians for stealing their land and using propaganda to brand them as terroriss*?
@@HDracer there is not such thing as israel, invading and occupying palestine with UK and USA full support doesn't mean israel exist.
The last 2 videos from Israel are some of the most fascinating I've seen on youtube, and now I'm watching you go to Sderot?!? It's such a tough place and situation for me to understand in the midwest US despite following events there for over 20 years (all my adult life). I was shocked by how hard Oct 7 hit me with no attachment to the region or its people and it's been constantly on my mind ever since - it didn't help that I found myself seeing things happen near real time on Telegram that day I guess.
These glimpses into the region are so straightforward and real and "no B.S." - they're filling in my assumptions and spots filled in with imagination with actual real people and places. I've always thought "man if I was into travel and had any sort of language skills Israel would be near the top of my list" but I really doubt that will ever happen. So thanks for sharing the journey.
Dude, this is amazing. Thanks for giving us media coverage of the world without pushing a bias.
+10 charisma for the reference
He’s just saying what he heard on the news, and trying to film.
The last time I would tune into an episode like yours it was Anthony Bourdain's show....you learn culture, humanity and emotions of the world.
I just started getting in Anthony's videos a couple days ago and was devastated to know he passed in such a way. Being from Egypt I can't wait for Tommy to make it to my hometown of Cairo much like Anthony did in 2011. So happy to see someone draw the same parallel between both wonderful inspiring people.
Nope, awful comparison. Bourdain showed the devastation and humanity of the Gazan people in his show; Tommy did not. Tommy hand-delivered food to the Israeli soldiers currently committing a genocide against Gaza. And then he likes to pretend he is “unbiased”
@@moldypizza I didn't know Bourdain had videos in Palestine so I'm definitely checking that out. However, I wouldn't say Tommy is more biased than any American jumping into this scenario. You can clearly see he tried his best to get both sides and he's more than aware of the atrocities committed as per that anonymous soldiers confessions. It just makes sense that he was able to hear more from the Israeli side as it was easier to be in Tel Aviv than Gaza.
@bourne1828
Yes, Anthony Bourdain's episode in Gaza was awesome. It is on RUclips, not sure if it's the full episode though.
Another really good Bourdain episode was when he went to Iran.
@@Shawn-zt8fg Yeah I went and watched the Gaza one and it was brilliant. I'll definitely check out the Iran one aswell.
I used to live in Sderot for about two years, around five years from now. It was a very important period of my life and I really love this small city. It has some of the nicest people and the best Pizza in Israel. When the attack happened, it was really heartbreaking for me to see, especially with I lived in the towns that were attacked. I don't know how to put it into words, but seeing you walking down those very familiar streets really hit me, and I appreciate that you showed that footages. I don't know how to describe it, but I feel like I needed to see it. Thank you.
I've watched a few of your videos in the past - this one was over and above the best. Thanks man.
It's crazy how you simply being brave and going is the best, most unbiased journalism that exists in the world today, at least on the places you cover. This is such a pure video, something that you never see coming out of a warzone. The first casualty of war is the truth.
I been waiting for this! Awesome work!
Thanks for doing this Tommo, talk about keeping it real. Also Anna has a golden heart, what a trooper💛
Hey, thank you so much for posting this. I have been following things but I know the news reports everything with an agenda and shows you what they want you to see. Thank you for just filming what's there - the reality without the drama. You're amazing (and a little crazy😅) ❤
Really thank you ❤ Anna for feeding the kitties!
The cats are very happy you are giving them food 😊✨
Sabbatical, one of the few channels I add a like to before seeing the whole video. You're as objective as anyone I've seen, so when you say you're only a RUclipsr and not a journalist to the locals, is that because you don't have the creds from a big news outlet? Cause in my view you're doing better work than outlet journalists.
That was brave of you. Keep safe man. So much turmoil. Thanks for the on the ground perspective.
Man Tommy, your videos are so real and authentic. I really appreciate your documentary of issues going on in world. Seeing your video's of war in Gaza are just very eye opening and allows other to see what's going on across the county. Stay safe brother!
Happy holidays!!!! Hope you made it home safely! Thankyou for all the great videos this year !!!!
Awesome content brother! I wouldn't be going to Sderot anytime soon and I commend you for showing us what it is like at the border of the front line.
❤'s from Patreon! Have a good Christmas Tommy!
Glad I stumbled across your channel, very informative and empathetic... You my friend gained a subscriber for life!
What I really enjoy about Tommy’s videos, are that you see the place completely differently than what you might see on tv or a travel show! Great job Tommy, I love being able to see what I’d call “behind the veil”!
Enjoyed the videos a lot and the openness you bring to a really complex issue.
Thanks for showing the world what is going on. It's important to see beyond the mainstream news. Great content keep it up!
Haven’t been able to catch many of your latest uploads…go man go! Thanks!👍👍✌️🤞🤟
Thanks for being there and sharing your experiences. Good luck!
OMG you just filmed the most incredible experience and shared it so well! Amazing
I've never watched a travel vlog before but just sat through the previous two videos (and will watch this one) and have to say these videos are more important than any news stories that seek to manipulate us and just create further division by labeling the other side as pure evil. Thanks for doing these and sharing your travels.
16:19 what an amazing and brave woman! So sweet she’s there feeding the cats!
You're doing amazing work. Thank you for sharing this!
Excellent series, thank you!
My gosh Man. That is freaking eerie as hell. It's a real life horror movie. Stay safe and thank you for the inside view.
Bless that lady for feeding the cats. ❤
Your way of sending a message with so few words is very powerful.
Awesome content, it’s like I’m there with you. Respect for what you are doing.
Love your videos, hopefully peace can prevail soon.
First time viewer, I really appreciate your perspective on such a difficult topic. Kudos for jumping on a plane and going beyond the headlines. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos. Wishing for peace for all🕊️🙏🇵🇸🇮🇱🌎
Such an interesting perspective on the war. Thank you and stay safe 🙏
Mad respect for you just being there and showing us the real story...
Shout out to Ana for being brave and caring.. we need more of her kind nowadays 🍂
There are literally international tourists coming to this area to write messages on the shells being fired at Gaza. I've seen a video of some Japanese men and another of a woman, I think, from Ethiopia doing this? Unreal.
We called that totally brainwashed , on both side the people are genuinely good
but their governments are to blame please don't follow your leaders
down the desolation roads. you are much better than that
It's disgusting, so many people lacking basic humanity
@@deanl0 You cant say that there are innocent ppl on both sides..you have to choose a side
@@ori1676 Well if you wanna go down that road
the idf is doing the ethnic cleansing in Gaza right now⚰🏺
@@ori1676still, that innocent got brainwashed because of war
I'm on the edge of my seat! Thanks for the amazing videos -please be safe in your travels.
Stay safe Tommy and love your vlogs been folllwoinf you for over a year they are inspiring and educating I enjoy them keep it up doing what your doing
Going as close to the war zone as possible. Interesting to get a first hand view like this. You can see from your mini series how many of the people from both sides are just regular people getting to live in such a horrible life situation, everything is uncertain. It would be nice to have peace for all the regular people to live their lives, hopefully it can come to fruition eventually.
As a Chinese I started watching your vlog from your China part. I like your vlog that no comments but just bring what you are seeing to viewers. I don't agree everything of you but I really appreciate your observation. Please stay safe.
真没想到这个时候去以色列，胆子真大
been there adds a whole new layer of Thank you for sharing your experiences and giving us a glimpse into the realities faced by those living in such turbulent areas.
Fascinating video as always, thank you Tommy for what you're doing, stay safe buddy!
I luv ur work Tommy
Seriously tommy,you are more than just a journalist already,from the day I watch your vlog in Africa until here now in Israel..just be careful always
Ok just watched the rest of your video I’m glad you’re back in the states enjoy your time home Tommy! And you definitely had an angel looking after you I’m glad you met good people along your way.
You are such a brave man. Im learning so much from your brilliant videos.
Interesting to hear you using a bit of Hebrew. A lot of similarities with Arabic. Informative video as always. Appreciate your content. Hope you are enjoying being back in NY. Looking forward to your next adventure.
really love watching your videos, your really brave doing what your doing at the moment and we appreciate it a lot. your non bias and just showing people around with feet on the ground and interacting with all people regardless of views. Your Such a wholesome dude. keep up the amazing work
I can’t explain to you how inspirational this video is. You’re truly brave Tommy. I wish I could have gone with you.
stay safe brother, love what you do and who you are! keep it up, youre an inspiration to us all.
I'm commenting early, but yeah, don't wear seat belts when it's expected that you'll be attacked and need to escape quickly.
My favorite RUclipsr living my dream. Safe travels.
Really loving these videos its very brave of you to do this. Thank you from the NC in the US 🇺🇸
919 here
I have seen all your episodes and you are the best at just being you, like a curious and nice behaved child in a adult version. Great as always
You are so brave. God Bless you.
It seems surreal to see you right on the frontlines, risking your life.
Why do you say God bless you when you know that God is not blessing neither the Jewish or the Palestinian people during this misery are you people crazy that’s not funny to be dead. Intellectual numbness.
@coisalinda2424 he said God Bless to the guy vlogging...not the Palestinians or Jews.
But you are right, God does not like this war. They are killing each other over land.
@@kpoppy9635 It's more than just land if you look deeper into it but it can get quite disturbing
It's a religious war and the irony is all the non believers taking sides.
@@michaelk150 It's not a religious war. That narrative is what Israel is pushing because it makes the Muslims look irrational and violent
Thank you beyond words with your unbiased outlook on reporting. Safe travels and God bless. War is one hell of a side-effect to human life.
Your videos are amazing I like how you don’t take sides and are objective! Incredible!
Thanks for covering this. Stay safe!
So that little drawing you walked by around 13:55 is a coloring page that a little kid made about Simchat Torah - the holiday on October 7th.
Tomy, The cats you saw are street cats (theyre not abandoned). In Israel its illegal to put down the street cats. The state sterilizes and vaccinates them, and in every city there are people who feed them every day (like the lovely lady you met in the video).
Israelis love cats (and animals in general. More than 5% of the population in Israel are vegan!). Im sure you saw many friendly cats in Tel Aviv.
Oh and once again - great video, Youre the best. Thanks❤
All Americans and Europeans love cats, but they also love killing Arabs, Muslims, Africans, and indigenous people, expelling them from their lands, besieging them, bombing their homes, blowing up their children and women, and describing them as terrorists.
It's illegal to put down cats but they kill Palestinians like it's nothing. Imagine that. Shows you how racist they are
Israeli’s treat cats better than Palestinian men, women, & children.
Exactly! Israelis don't abandon their cats. Israel is saving abused cats, dogs, donkeys and horses from Palestine. And Tel Aviv is the most vegan city on earth🥰 Just love you guys❤️🇮🇱
@@nellyh9307所以人不如猫？
❤thank you Tommy as always❤
Be safe out there 🙏🏽Thanks for the content ❤
2.2 million people blockaded by Israel in a tiny coastal enclave.
But the number of Palestinians who have actually spent time in Israeli jails too is of a similar order. Since 1967, when Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, it has arrested an estimated one million Palestinians, the United Nations reported last summer.
such a fake... How can a state of now 9 millions (with 20% Arabs FYI) can arrest 1 Mil people?
Oh we just arrest innocent people? Please don't spread propaganda
UN🤣🤣🤣
Yep, 3000 Palestinians currently in "administrative detention", i.e. locked up for years in Israeli jails without trial.
thinking about like friends fighting brought tears to my eyes what an eloquent way to summarize such a difficult situation
Dude i have watched many many of your videos and i must say im a fan and that you are a real badass! You are a remarkable human being! I would be a nervous wreck to even seriously just consider the places you go and the interactions you have. And your linguistic ability it amazing.
Thank you so, so much for this video. I feel exactly the way you do about the war. Seeing those stray cats...I just want to cry. It's yet another image from this war that will haunt me. God bless people like Ana. And to think that she's from Ukraine! You're so courageous and loving for giving us a feel for what it's like to be in a country at war. The sites, the sounds (I don't know what all the buzzing was...I assume it was aircraft). Unreal.
Never seen you look so nervous before stay safe Brother the world needs you!!
you have never seen him avoiding a spider web then ;)
@@perfectmazda3538and a bee hive😂
You’re doing gods work tommy. Thank you for sharing this with us
Great video. Thanks for doing that one
Hi Tommy, big fan here hardly comment, but Sir you have most certainly outdone yourself this time. Very compelling Tommy, I felt scared with and for you. And also it's literally the lighting of the whole video that makes this even more surreal. Please be careful brother 🙏🏼❤
you inspire me tommy
Bless Anna for her efforts to help the cats!
Thank you for your work.
Thanks buddy for bring us some real badass journalism reporting
Tommy, you'resuch a curious, brave adventurer & truth-teller. NYC will sadly be another trek through a hellish unfolding catastrophy ... Stay safe & God bless you for sharing the world with us. 🙏
I can’t say that I “like” this as the thumbs up implies, but, this is something that needs to be seen.
Tommy, safe trip back to NY. And happy holidays, hope you spend a good time with your family
Thank you For your Journey/Exploring of the World.
I can enjoy, learn, and appreciate your History stories on the Land you visit. Bless Tommy❤
Really respect your not taking sides & saying peace. Too many people have been blinded with just pure hate for one group or the other & truly do not care about all the
kids dying - thousands
Thanks Tommy for your honest coverage of the regular people behind the war news. Everybody has a different "normal" and many adapt to their circumstances and their behaviour like feeding the cats in an evacuated city , or having dinner with missiles exploding nearby might look strange to those far away but this is how we hold on to our "normal", our "humanity", our sanity, our freedom, our refusal to let difficult times define our lives.
The street cats are just that - street cats. It's like squirrels or sparrows in NYC - part of our city fauna. We feed them, give vet supervision and they take care of snakes and rodents and a few are friendly enough to pet. As to evacuating pets - especially dogs - some are with their families and others are being fostered by others because the evacuation facilities (mostly hotels and hostels ) can't house dogs - I am hosting a kibbutz dog.
Hope many people see you vlog to get a real and unfiltered look at Israelis and Palestinians and see there is more fear and uncertainty than animosity and that in many places we do live and work together and experience each other as fellow "travelers" on this Earth like yourself.
Expat living in Ashkelon for 16 years. Thank you for coming to visit and being open and fair in your coverage.
All israelis are basically expats though