Two hostages were rescued from Gaza by Israeli forces last night. Israel's news channels quickly abandoned the report on the operation to free the kidnapped.
It was a victory for a moment, but in the absence of a victory picture, the television channels had to quickly abandon the report. The news (and as a result, the viewers at home) will lack detailed documentation of the event. If large parts of the outcome were missing, it would also be missing the visual dimension of the story, writes Yossi Ben-Ghiat.