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Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media offices
The strike came hours after another Israeli air raid on a refugee camp in Gaza City killed at least 10.
An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in the Gaza Strip, at the Israel-Gaza border, on Saturday. | Ariel Schalit/AP Photo
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Friday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant group Hamas.
Both Israel and the militant group Hamas pressed for an advantage as cease-fire efforts gathered strength. Author: Associated Press Updated: 8:15 AM CDT May 15, 2021
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant group Hamas.
The strike came nearly an hour after the military ordered people to evacuate the building, which also housed Al-Jazeera, other offices and residential apartments. The strike brought the entire 12-story building down, collapsing with a gigantic cloud of dust. There was no immediate explanation for why it was attacked.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week. Both sides pressed for an advantage as cease-fire efforts gathered strength.
The latest outburst of violence began in Jerusalem and has spread across the region, with Jewish-Arab clashes and rioting in mixed cities of Israel. There were also widespread Palestinian protests Friday in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces shot and killed 11 people.
Gaza: A family of 10 were killed ein an Israeli air strike on the western Gaza Strip early Saturday. It was the deadliest single strike in Israel’s campaign. Both sides pressed for an advantage as cease-fire efforts gathered strength.
An air strike on a three-story house in a refugee camp in Gaza City killed eight children and two women from an extended family.
Mohammed Abu Hatab told reporters his wife and five children had gone to celebrate the Eid Al Fitr holiday with relatives. She and three of the children, aged 6 to 14, were killed, while an 11-year-old is missing. Only his 5-month-old son Omar is known to have survived.