▶️ Israeli strikes hit the Jala Tower in the Gaza Strip, a 12-floor building housing Qatari television station Al-Jazeera and the American news agency Associated Press.
👉 A high-rise building in Gaza City where the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera are based was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes Saturday, as the worst violence between Israel and Palestinian militants since 2014 continues to escalate.
Israeli planes carried out airstrikes on Gaza, and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel, as the violence between the two sides continued.
A 12-story building that housed apartments and other offices in addition to the media organizations was toppled by Israeli missiles after the building’s owner received a warning by telephone from the Israeli military one hour before the attack that it would be struck.
AP staffers and other building occupants evacuated the building immediately, but Al-Jazeera continued to broadcast the airstrikes as the building collapsed.
“Al-Jazeera will not be silenced,” an on-air anchorwoman said. “We can guarantee you that right now.”
An unnamed AP reporter said all staff members were unharmed.
Israel did not immediately comment on why it attacked the building.
The building was destroyed hours after another Israeli airstrike in a heavily populated refugee camp killed at least 10 Palestinians, primarily children. It was the deadliest single aerial attack since the violence began to intensify earlier this week.
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