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Israel destroys Al Jazeera, Associated Press and other media outlets in Gaza

Israel destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza on Saturday in an airstrike that housed the offices of the international broadcaster Al Jazeera and the Associated Press.

Israel has been bombing Gaza for four days with airstrikes, artillery and tanks, killing 140 people, including innocent Palestinian children and women.

Eight children and two women were killed in an Israeli attack on a refugee camp on Saturday.

This has been the most violent conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since 2014.

The multi-storey building that was targeted on Saturday had several residential apartments in addition to Al Jazeera‘s office, as well as the offices of several other local and international broadcasters.

Israel has claimed that Hamas had “military assets” in the building.

According to Al Jazeera TV, an hour before the building was targeted, Israeli officials warned that the building should be vacated.

An hour later, the building collapsed in an airstrike.

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Faris Akram, a correspondent for the Associated Press in Gaza, tweeted that bombs could now fall on our offices. “We ran down the stairs from the 11th floor and are now looking at the building from a distance and praying that the Israeli army will change its mind.”

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Al-Jala Tower owner Jawad Mehdi said an Israeli intelligence official called him and said he had only an hour to evacuate, according to AFP.

AFP heard him rumbling on the phone with the official for another 10 minutes so that journalists could go out with their equipment. The official on the line refused.

Al Jazeera correspondent Safwat al-Kahlot has been working here for 11 years. He said: ‘I have covered many events from this building; we have spent many personal and professional moments here. It’s all over in just two seconds. “

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