GoPro to war

Live streaming has added a new dimension to coverage of conflict, but the first casualty in war remains truth.

- PETER GRIFFIN

The wide availability of cheap drones and ruggedised cameras has given us new angles on war - and fuelled propaganda. 

When Hamas terrorists spread out from the Gaza strip to attack Israeli towns and kibbutzes on October 7, many of them were wearing video cameras. Footage they took of the resulting massacre was destined to be used in Hamas propaganda videos to glorify the killing of Jews. But the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) also took the cameras from the terrorists they'd killed, and published clips of the footage to illustrate the brutality of the attacks, in which 1400 were murdered. The footage, and clips taken from security cameras in the towns, was used to justify the invasion of Gaza to eliminate Hamas.