‘Don’t Cry’: CNN’s Clarissa Ward Nearly Burst Into Tears Interviewing Gazan Child Hit By Israeli Airstrike

CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward nearly burst into tears while interviewing a bedridden child injured by an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza.

The network gave viewers an inside look at the “humanitarian catastrophe” occurring in Gaza as Ward entered Emirati field hospital, becoming the first Western news outlet to gain access without an Israeli escort into the region.

As Ward entered the hospital, she became visibly emotional while interviewing a child named Jinan Sahar Mughari, who had her femur crushed after her home was hit by an Israeli airstrike. The eight-year-old was immobilized and wearing a full body cast as she detailed the horrific bombing to Ward.

The child’s mother, Hiba Mohammed Mughari, who was not present at the time of the attack, began to cry as she recalled finding her daughter with a broken skull and leg in the hospital.

“They bombed the house in front of us and then our home,” the child told Ward. “I was sitting next to my grandfather, and my grandfather held me, and my uncle was fine, so he was the one who took us out.”

At this point Ward, who appears barely able to hold her own emotions in, tells the child “don’t cry” as the war correspondent herself struggles not to cry.

The hospital, which was set up by the United Arab Emirates in a soccer stadium, is staffed with doctors who shared with Ward how they find it emotionally draining having to treat innocent child victims of wars.

“I work with all the people…but the children, it’s something that changes your heart,” Dr. Ahmed Almazrouei told Ward after seeing an injured Jinan.

Watch the full segment above via CNN.