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Israeli strike destroys Gaza building with AP, other media | World

An Israeli airstrike today targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets.

Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza building that housed media offices

Earlier, AP staff 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-storey 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. “The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today,” AP president and chief executive Gary Pruitt said in a statement.

Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys high-rise building that was home to AP and Al-Jazeera media outlets, hours after deadly air raid on densely populated refugee camp

Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys high-rise building that was home to AP and Al-Jazeera media outlets, hours after deadly air raid on densely populated refugee camp
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Media outlets demand Israel explain its bombing of news offices in Gaza

Mostefa Souag, acting director-general of Al Jazeera Media Network, called the strike a “war crime” and a “clear act” to stop journalists from reporting on the conflict. Kuwait state television also had office space in the now-collapsed Gaza City building. “The targeting of news organisations is completely unacceptable, even during an armed conflict. It represents a gross violation of human rights and internationally agreed norms,” Barbara Trionfi, the executive director of the International Press Institute, said. Mahmud Hams/AP A ball of fire erupts from a building housing various international media, including The Associated Press, after an Israeli air strike on Saturday.

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