Sky News presenter in Israel interrupted by air raid siren in terrifying scenes

A terrifying report on Sky News saw Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall become distracted as he reported live from Jerusalem. The reporter had been discussing the ongoing war between Israel and Iran when he got to see some of the flying missiles firsthand.

Dressed in protective gear, including a helmet and a bullet vest, the correspondent was suddenly interrupted by his mobile phone pinging with a worrying noise. He explained: "Now, look, that's a red alert, which means that the sirens will probably sound in this area, quite soon." He then looked up into the sky as he began to point out some missiles and their trails flying across a clear blue sky. The camera panned to see what he could see, as Alistair explained: "It looks to me as if it is heading towards, possibly, the Tel Aviv region, where it looks like at the moment the majority of sirens are sounded in the area."

The phone sounded with the same noise once more as the reporter claimed that he could see more and more missiles. He began to count them, saying: "I think we are well into double figures of missiles fired. Now, in recent days, the waves have often been 20 or 25 missiles fired from Iran towards Israel, and it looks like it might be a similar figure now.

"Clearly not all at once, but I can hear sirens in the distance." His phone then began to ping more frequently as louder sirens were then sounded all around him.

The reporter remained silent for a few seconds as his co-star, who was safely back in the Sky News studio, urged: "Ali, if you need to..." but he continued feeding back information instead, saying that the sirens "doesn't necessarily indicate that Jerusalem is the target of these strikes."

He added: "The sirens also sound when interceptions are above the city because the risk of falling debris is very, very great." Further explaining, he continued: "We will hear, shortly, the thud and rumble of interceptions."

The report then cut off completely, but Alistair confirmed later that he was ok as he appeared once more to speak about the aftermath of the strike. He said: "Some of them landed, as you can see, and they do an awful lot of damage."

He confirmed that there were no reports of anyone dead as of yet, but some people were injured in the attacks. Alistair shared that many had sought safety in their bunkers.