Jason Bellini

Jason Bellini

Jason Bellini

International Correspondent

Jason Bellini is Scripps News’s international correspondent. Currently, his primary assignment is covering the war in Ukraine. He joined Scripps News in 2021. An alum of CNN, Bloomberg News, and the Wall Street Journal, Bellini has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. He focuses on telling the stories of remarkable individuals who are being put to the test by the most extraordinary of circumstances.

Recent Work
A child on a missing poster in Israel

Families race to make sure young hostages in Gaza aren't forgotten

Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross from Gaza into Egypt.

Dozens of Americans safely arrive in Egypt after evacuating Gaza

Israeli air strikes into Gaza.

Israel strikes refugee camp as troops advance into Gaza Strip

Massive fire breaks out after Israel intercepts a rocket from Gaza.

Fighting intensifies as Israel expands its military operation in Gaza

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment.

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

Israel expands ground operation in Gaza, hitting underground targets

A line of Israeli tanks are shown during an incursion into the Gaza Strip.

IDF executes second ground raid in Gaza ahead of expected invasion

Major Shraga

An Israeli-American major talks about the imminent invasion in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City.

Israeli tanks enter Gaza in extensive overnight ground raid

An Israeli American man from Chicago who went to Israel to fight Hamas walks with Scripps News reporter Jason Bellini.

Chicago man leaves life behind, commands Israeli unit against Hamas

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

UN: Over 2,300 children killed in Gaza as relief efforts are at risk

A building destroyed in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip is seen in Rafah.

Israel ramps up bombings as Hamas releases 2 more hostages

Rachel Goldberg shows the two texts she got for her son during Hamas' attack.

Parents of missing American Israeli describe texts during attack

People hold up images of hostages in Gaza.

High-tech operation in Israel is tracking Gaza hostages

A damaged neighborhood following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City.

Israel fires new GPS-guided mortar system against Hamas

U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware speaks with Scripps News International Correspondent Jason Bellini

Senator says US working tirelessly to bring hostages home from Gaza

Israel's Iron Dome system intercepts rockets

Israel wants to boost its Iron Dome defenses to counter Hamas

Judith Raanan, left, and her daughter Natalie, 18.

2 US hostages held in Gaza have been released

Palestinians look for survivors after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City.

Gaza airstrikes continue as Israel prepares for a ground invasion

Volunteers in Israel coordinate social media campaigns to raise awareness for hostages

Inside a social media war room fighting for the hostages held by Hamas

Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel over destroyed buildings

How Israel's war with Hamas has progressed

A graphic from the Israel Defense Forces that it says is proof it did not cause blast at Gaza hospital.

Israel says evidence proves it did not cause Gaza hospital blast

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Biden: Israel not to blame in Gaza hospital blast that killed hundreds

Jason Bellini sits with family of missing American.

Families watch Hamas videos in horror in hopes of finding hostages

The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel

Newly released video shows a woman taken hostage by Hamas

Scripps News National Correspondent Jason Bellini, right, speaks with a member of the Israel Defense Forces.

Gaza braces for Israel's imminent ground assault

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning

Israel warns north Gaza to evacuate as likely ground assault looms

Scripps News international correspondent Jason Bellini reports from Israel

Scripps News on the ground: Israel hits Gaza with large-scale strikes

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby listens as he is asked a question.

State Department: American death toll in Israel increases to 22

Members of Israeli bomb squad unit inspect a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel.

Residents scramble for shelter as Israeli town is hit by rockets