Israeli security forces target Palestinian protesters during protests against the Israeli occupation and its air campaign in the Gaza Strip in the occupied
Israel's 2021 assault on Gaza failed to significantly damage Hamas, with many blaming poor intelligence. What better way to extort information than to offer work to the desperate?
Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 - 17:15
The Associated Press top editor Sally Buzbee said they were yet to see any evidence from Israeli officials to justify the bombing. (Reuters) Asharq Al-Awsat
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Washington had received further information about Israel s destruction of a Gaza high-rise that housed the local offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera news organizations.
But he declined to comment further on it.
“We did seek further information from Israel on this question,” Blinken said at a joint briefing with Iceland s foreign minister in Reykjavik.
“It s my understanding that we ve received some further information through intelligence channels, and it s not something I can comment on,” he said.