An Israeli news anchor carried a gun during a live broadcast from the studio, fearing another Hamas attack.
Lital Shemesh, a presenter for right-wing Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, was pictured on Tuesday sitting behind her anchor desk with a gun in her waistband.
Shemesh's gun lies right next to her microphone receivers as she sits on the edge of her anchor chair.
In her most recent social media post, she showed herself practicing her shooting skills at a shooting range while urging people to “get your guns out.”
She also posted several pictures of herself reporting from the front and in her soldier's uniform.
Lital Shemesh (pictured), a presenter for right-wing Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, was pictured on Tuesday sitting behind her anchor desk with a gun in her waistband
Her most recent social media post (pictured) showed her practicing her shooting skills at a shooting range and urging people to “get your guns out.”
She also posted several pictures of herself reporting from the front (pictured above) and in her soldier's uniform
The journalist and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist has previously spoken about the fight against Hamas.
“The whole country is being recruited to fight this war on terrorism, to fight this war against Hamas,” Shemesh told Fox News shortly after the Oct. 7 attack.
“We have never seen such a massacre in Israel in its 75 years of existence. For us, this is a second Holocaust.”
This comes as fears of another Hamas offensive have grown after the terror group killed 1,140 people, most of them civilians, in its attack on October 7, according to a tally based on official Israeli figures.
Last month, a young couple were pictured taking to the streets in Israel with an assault rifle slung over their shoulders.
The couple was seen walking hand-in-hand through Jerusalem on December 4 as tensions rose in the city.
The journalist and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist has previously spoken about the “fight against Hamas” (pictured: Shemesh in her uniform).
A young couple sets out for a night in Jerusalem. The woman carries a gun on her body
Before the brutal Hamas massacre on October 7, Israel had strict gun laws that only allowed gun licenses to people who could prove they needed extra security.
Applications used to take months to process, but now they can be approved within days of filling out an online form.
Gun shops and shooting ranges in Israel have since been flooded with civilians looking to buy firearms to protect their families.
Less than a month after the Hamas attacks, there were 150,000 applications for weapons licenses, compared to just 42 in the same period last year.
Israeli Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has previously described gun ownership as a precaution against internal unrest between Jews and Israel's Arab minority.
In a televised address after the attacks, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said the government would “encourage and help civilians to arm themselves for self-defense.”
A few days after the deadly Oct. 7 attack, a woman was seen carrying an M16 assault rifle while shopping in Sderot, one of the border towns targeted by Hamas terrorists.
The young woman – who was wearing a loose gray T-shirt, dark blue shorts and flip-flops – was seen carrying a plastic bag to her car with the rifle slung over her back.
She was also photographed holding her phone with long, light blue fingernails as she walked towards her Nissan Micra.
A young woman was spotted shopping with an M16 assault rifle (pictured) in Israel, just days after Hamas launched its barbaric attack on civilians
The young woman, wearing a loose gray T-shirt, dark blue shorts and flip-flops, was seen carrying a carrying bag to her car with the rifle over her shoulder
She was also photographed walking towards her Nissan Micra parked in Sderot with her cell phone in her hand, which had long, light blue fingernails
Sderot is less than a mile from Gaza and dozens of civilians and at least 20 members of the Israeli police were killed by terrorists who rampaged through the city.
Israel remains on high alert for possible further incursions by armed attackers, whether by Hamas fighters from Gaza or Hezbollah units from Lebanon.
Since the country's declaration of independence in 1948, temporary military service has been mandatory for young people in the country.
From the age of 17, most Israeli teenagers – men and women – can be drafted into the IDF for a mandatory period of two years and eight months.
As a result, Israel has the third largest active military per capita in the world and, by the same metric, the sixth largest reserve military in the world.
In addition, there are around three million able-bodied people in the country, which spends more than 5 percent of its GDP on the IDF.