Israeli military says it bombed home of a top Hamas leader
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An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in the Gaza Strip, at the Israel-Gaza border, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Israeli military said on Saturday that it bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group.
The military alleged that the home served as part of what it said was the militant group’s “terrorist infrastructure.”
Al-Hayeh is a senior figure in the Hamas political leadership in Gaza. His fate after the strike was not immediately known.
Israel strike in Gaza destroys building housing Associated Press, AlJazeera and other media outlets
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. AP s president said the agency was shocked and horrified at the strike.
AP staffers and other tenants safely evacuated the building after the military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent within an hour. Three heavy missiles struck the 12-story building, collapsing it in a giant cloud of dust.
For 15 years, the AP s top-floor office and roof terrace were a prime location for covering Israel s conflicts with Gaza s Hamas rulers, including wars in 2009 and 2014. The news agency s camera offered 24-hour live shots as militants rockets arched toward Israel and Israeli airstrikes hammered the city and its surrounding area this week.
Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza high-rise building with media offices
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. AP’s president said the agency was shocked and horrified at the strike.
AP staffers and other tenants safely evacuated the building after the military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent within an hour. Three heavy missiles struck the 12-story building, collapsing it in a giant cloud of dust.
Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp most of them children and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.