“There Is No Peace Here”: Reporting on War with Trey Yingst

Oct 10, 2024

Trey Yingst, Chief Foreign Correspondent for Fox News and author of *Black Saturday*, shares gripping firsthand accounts from the battlefields of Israel and Gaza. He discusses the harrowing realities of live reporting under fire, vividly recalling the chaos of October 7. Yingst emphasizes the importance of humanizing both Israeli and Palestinian narratives, exploring personal stories of survival and loss. He also sheds light on the complex dynamics affecting U.S.-Israel relations and the ongoing quest for peace in the region, all while navigating the perilous landscape of war.

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Early Warning Texts

Trey Yingst received texts from a Palestinian source on the morning of October 7th.
The source noted rocket fire and later sent a photo of Hamas gunmen with an Israeli hostage.

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Near Miss

Yingst and his team narrowly avoided a Hamas ambush on October 7th.
A series of chance decisions, like choosing a specific intersection to film, saved their lives.

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Unprecedented Attack

Yingst realized the attack was unprecedented when he saw people with bullet wounds.
The intersection where his team filmed became an impromptu triage point.

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We’ve released a few episodes on Honestly for the anniversary of October 7. Today, we’re bringing you one more conversation with someone who has been breaking news on the ground every single day of this war: journalist Trey Yingst.

On the morning of October 7, Trey was in Israel’s south, reporting on the massacre as it unfolded. He saw bodies dragged into vehicles, mothers trying to save their children, and the bloodshed—unlike anything he had ever seen—in the communities and kibbutzim. He reported these stories live on Fox—in many instances while rockets rained down on him and his crew, who often didn’t have time to take shelter. He remembers those early hours and days as “a true horror movie.”

That was just the beginning of his reporting on the unfolding war, which has taken him into Gaza and more recently on an embed with Israeli troops into southern Lebanon. He tells these stories in his new book Black Saturday, which chronicles his reporting over the last year and the very real human stories of this war, both from the perspective of Israelis and Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Trey is the chief foreign correspondent for Fox News. He has reported from the front lines in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and since 2018, he’s been based in Israel. He says he tries to talk to everyone involved in the conflict, and he’s gone a long way toward doing so. He’s interviewed the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and he’s sat down on the Israeli side with everyone from Benjamin Netanyahu to Yoav Gallant.

If you’re someone listening who holds stereotypes about what a Fox correspondent might sound like, Trey will surprise you. Trey has unconventional and strongly held views about the future of the region, about whether Hamas can ever be defeated, and about what should happen next in the war. Most of all, he has an unwavering commitment to a kind of old-school journalism that tells stories of human beings in times of war, whatever side of the border they fall on.

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