With bated breath and always under the fear of generalization of the conflict, the international community is watching the dramatic developments in the Middle East.

The atmosphere is tense with exchanges of fire and bloody clashes taking place everywhere.

The situation got out of control earlier in the West Bank as well, with the SKAI crew and our emissaries, journalist Christos Nicolaidis and cameraman Savva Aidinidis, being in the middle of crossfire in Nablus.

The crew was covering a demonstration where the local population was expressing their anger against Israel for what was happening in Gaza.

Suddenly and while thousands of young people were moving towards the Israeli army checkpoint, shots were heard.

There was panic and extreme tension at the scene with a crowd of people running frantically to save themselves when, literally in a split second, a “rain of fire” began.

In fact, the crew of SKAI was trapped for some time in one spot, unable to move safely to leave.

It took a huge mobilization to free him while a thriller unfolded until they were safely removed.

Specifically, the Greek and Israeli Ministries of Foreign Affairs were notified and with the help of Israeli soldiers they managed to escape and find refuge in the temple of Jacob’s Well until the tension subsided.

As Christos Nicolaidis describes, how there may have been some shots from the Palestinian side, however the Israeli army, it is more than certain that they used fire, without being able to say with certainty whether these fires were in the air or to the crowd./