CNN have reassigned a reporter from Israel to Moscow after she called a group of Israelis who threatened her while she reported on Israeli citizens cheering bombing raids on Gaza.

Diana Magnay was reporting from a hill in Sderot, Israel, an area that overlooks Gaza. Israeli airstrikes have hit the area hard in the past two weeks and on Thursday night a crowd gathered to watch the beginning of the ground invasion by Israeli armed forces into the Gaza Strip.

Magnay reported as civilians nearby cheered as a missile struck a target in Gaza, apparently exploding on impact. Magnay described the act of watching the attack, “an astonishing, macabre and awful thing to watch this display of fire in the air.”

Shortly after the segment aired Magnay posted this tweet:

She quickly deleted the tweet but not before it had been re-tweeted hundreds of times.

CNN said: “After being threatened and harassed before and during a liveshot, Diana reacted angrily on Twitter.

“She deeply regrets the language used, which was aimed directly at those who had been targeting our crew.

“She certainly meant no offense to anyone beyond that group, and she and CNN apologize for any offense that may have been taken.”

CNN confirmed they have reassigned Magnay to Moscow.

The decision comes shortly after the controversial move by American broadcaster NBC to remove reporter Ayman Mohyeldin from Gaza. Mohyeldin produced a sensitive report on the killing of 4 Palestinian children on a beach in Gaza on Wednesday. By the time Thursday’s ground offensive by Israeli troops had commenced Mohyeldin had been taken off the story. NBC have privately cited “security concerns” as the motivation behind the decision.

The death toll in Gaza has now passed 300.