Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have destroyed a building where offices of international media outlets, including Associated Press and Al Jazeera, were located. People were given a one hour warning before the missile attack.
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Al Jazeera English producer Linah Alsaafin tweeted that her colleagues were not allowed to remove their equipment from the building before it was destroyed. The owner of the building is telling the Israelis to give the media time to evacuate their equipment from the building. The
officer said no, she said.
Video footage from near the office block showed it crumbling to the ground following a large explosion.
Later in the afternoon, the Israeli military issued a statement on the destruction of the building, saying it contained military assets belonging to Hamas military intelligence , and that civilians had been given time to evacuate.