EVERY journalist in Gaza knew the rule: one strike usually means two, so stay well away until you hear the next hit. But the cameraman staying in my hotel forgot, and that night he didn't return. It was 2002, the second intifada had been raging for 18 months, and hundreds had died on both sides. Intent on capturing the story, he rushed to the scene of an Israeli attack without waiting for the second missile. "He made a big mistake," said his colleague.
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