Israeli airstrikes destroyed a tower block in Gaza City after Hamas militants launched a rocket and air attack on Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Israeli army launched Operation Iron Swords against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s president, Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the country, is ‘at war’.

Al Jazeera journalist Youmna El Sayed was reporting live from Gaza the moment the missile struck Palestine Tower behind her.

Sources in Gaza said at least 198 Palestinians were killed in the strikes

  • Nihilistra@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because this was probably a military target.

    A lot of militant groups use civilians as human shields to either completly prevent a strike or a least create bad publicity to spin their propaganda.

    There were a lot of Israelis taken into Gaza by force, my guess is they are kept in the most important places to create a moral dilemma.

    You either attack and kill your own civilians or let the enemy have undisturbed action.