Al Jazeera’s group was reporting live when the Palestine Tower right behind them was struck by an Israeli air campaign.
Israeli air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip have actually flattened a tower in the heart of Gaza City as massive combating in between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli military declared the lives of numerous individuals.
The attack on Palestine Tower on Saturday came hours after Hamas, the group running the besieged Gaza Strip, released a multi-pronged attack by shooting countless rockets and sending out fighters inside Israel.
The hit was captured live on video camera as Al Jazeera’s Youmna ElSayed was reporting from another structure close by.
Enjoy the minute Israeli fighter jets strike Palestine Tower behind Al Jazeera’s Youmna El Sayed as she reports live from Gaza ⤵ pic.twitter.com/dXHVRJiCOC
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 7, 2023
“The structure was absolutely damaged and brought to the ground,” she stated later on. “Looking at all the structures nearby to it, you can envision the quantity of damage that remains in [the vicinity]”
There was no instant info about any casualties.
Israel’s flying force stated in a declaration its fighter jets struck 2 skyscrapers in Gaza, declaring they housed Hamas “military facilities”.
It was not right away clear if among those structures the flying force was describing was the Palestine Tower.
Not the very first time
Israel has a performance history of performing hits on property structures and towers situated within the Gaza Strip, among the world’s most largely inhabited locations.
These actions, described by the Israeli army as “accuracy strikes” targeting armed groups, regularly take place in largely lived in locations and have actually led to civilian casualties.
Throughout an 11-day dispute in Gaza in 2021, Israel targeted 4 towers, triggering the damage of 3 of them, consisting of one that housed the workplaces of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press.
London-based human rights group Amnesty International has actually formerly raised issues over Israel’s military methods, asserting that repeating attacks on property structures in Gaza showed a neglect for the health and wellbeing of Palestinian civilians, and might possibly make up war criminal offenses or criminal offenses versus humankind.