“The big losers are the civilians,” explains Maryse Burgot, senior reporter at France Télévisions

Asked whether this war was different from the others she dealt with during her career, Maryse Burgot recalls:that war is always war with the big losers who are always civilians. It’s the case again this time. On the one hand, there is an unspeakable massacre, last October 7, which stunned us all by its violence. And a month later, you have other civilians under bombs in Gaza, and almost 5,000 children who have been killed according to Hamas figures..

“Open-air prison”

“What strikes us is how much civilians pay the high price”, she continues. Asked about the need for a ceasefire at the call of the United Nations, but also the civilians who were able to escape from the territory, the great reporter advances “that it is a tragedy. They were already in an open prison, and now it is a closed tragedy. We Western journalists cannot cover it. We manage to have reliable information, we have our own relays on site, our own correspondents. It’s a tragedy behind closed doors.”concludes Maryse Burgot.