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In a fresh twist to the on-going battle between Israeli military and Hamas, the former today brought down a building housing international media houses including Al Jazeera that housed Palestinian militant group’s intelligence cell.
“After providing advance warning to civilians & time to evacuate, IDF fighter jets struck a multi-story building containing Hamas military intelligence assets. The building contained civilian media offices, which Hamas hides behind and deliberately uses as human shields,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a tweet.
Earlier today, the owner of a Gaza high-rise building where the offices of the AP, Al Jazeera and other media outlets are located, reportedly received a call from Israel’s military that warned that the building would be targeted by an airstrike. A short time after issuing a warning, Israel has attacked and demolished the sky-rise.
“We will say it again: When Hamas places military assets inside such a building, it becomes a lawful military target. This was clear international law,” the IDF said in the tweet.
The clash between Israel and its rival Hamas is at an all-time high, especially after the intense aerial exchanges that started on Tuesday evening and continued well past midnight. On Tuesday, Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas launched massive airstrikes against Israel, firing hundreds of rockets inside the country. The country’s air defence system, popularly known as Iron Dome, intercepted the continuous barrage of rockets targeting Tel Aviv and central Israel.
Israel, in response, stepped up its attacks on the Palestinian terror group Hamas inside Gaza Strip. The Israel Defence Forces carried out airstrikes on targets in Gaza in response to continued attacks by Hamas against Israel. During the retaliatory strikes on Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike struck a high-rise office and residential building controlled by Hamas.
Earlier yesterday, Israel attacked and destroyed the underground network of the tunnel, dubbed as the “Metro” that was used by Hamas for deploying terrorists and smuggling weapons.
