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This is how Israel censors foreign news media LOL!
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Israel flattens Gaza building hosting AP, Al Jazeera in air strike
An AP journalist said the army had warned the tower's owner ahead of the strike.PHOTO: AFP
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GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP) - An Israeli air strike Saturday (May 15) demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said.
Israel "destroyed Jala Tower in the Gaza Strip, which contains the Al Jazeera and other international press offices," Al Jazeera said in a tweet, with an AP journalist saying the army had warned the tower's owner ahead of the strike.
Al Jazeera broadcast footage showing the building collapsing to the ground after the Israeli air strike, sending up a huge mushroom cloud of dust and debris.
Mr Jawad Mehdi, the owner of the Jala Tower, said an Israeli intelligence officer warned him he had just one hour to ensure the evacuation of the building.
In a phone call with the officer, AFP heard him beg for an extra 10 minutes to allow journalists to retrieve their equipment before leaving.
"Give us ten extra minutes," he urged, but the officer on the other end of the line refused.
Mr Wael al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza told AFP: "It's terrible, very sad, to target the Al Jazeera and other press bureaux".
Israel alleged its "fighter jets attacked a high-rise building which hosted military assets belonging to the military intelligence of the Hamas terror organisation".
"The building also hosted offices of civilian media outlets, which the Hamas terror group hides behind and uses as human shields," it said.
Israeli air and artillery strikes on Gaza since Monday have killed 139 people including 39 children, and wounded 1,000 more, health officials in the coastal enclave say.
I'm sure you believe AP and AFP are totally fair and balanced sources of news?
Surgical strikes were done and Hamas people were taken out. Problem?
Please lah all rubbish. Has been like that for past 50 years. Who cares seriously.
Let them wacked each other, while rich people bring monies to Sinkieland, huat ah!
Let them wacked each other, while rich people bring monies to Sinkieland, huat ah!
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