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Israel obliterates Gaza headquarters of AP and Al Jazeera… Boom and it’s gone…
citizens free press ^ | may 15 2021 | Kane

Posted on 05/15/2021 1:53:40 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter

Israel gave an hour warning and then destroyed the offices of Al Jazeera and Associated Press.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. Hours later, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group.

The Israeli military said Al-Hayeh’s home served as part of what it said was the militant group’s “terrorist infrastructure.” Al-Hayeh is a senior figure in the Hamas political leadership in Gaza, and the attack marked a further escalation, signaling that Israel is going after Hamas’ top leadership, and not just military commanders. His fate after the strike was not immediately known.

AP staffers safely evacuated the building after the military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent within an hour. Three heavy missiles struck the 12-story building, collapsing it in a giant cloud of dust.

For 15 years, the AP’s top-floor office and roof terrace were a prime location for covering Israel’s conflicts with Gaza’s Hamas rulers, including wars in 2009 and 2014. The news agency’s camera offered 24-hour live shots as militants’ rockets arched toward Israel and Israeli airstrikes hammered the city and its surrounding area this week.

“The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today,” AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said in a statement. “We are shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza.”

The building also housed the offices of Al-Jazeera TV, as well as residential apartments. The Israeli military said Hamas was operating inside the building,, and it accused the terrorist group of using journalists as human shields.


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; belongsinbloggers; gaza; greatnews; guardianofwalls; hamas; humanshields; importantnews; iran; israel; khalilalhayeh; waronterror
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A must watch video at the link.

WoW. The Israeli's imploded the building as if they were building detonation experts.

So sorry to see the Associated Press lose their vantage point. (sarc)

1 posted on 05/15/2021 1:53:40 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Dam Isreali’s! Left CNN and NY Times standing. FINISH THE JOB!


2 posted on 05/15/2021 1:55:44 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
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https://youtu.be/4MD87P27K34


3 posted on 05/15/2021 1:56:01 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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The building might have had Hamas antennas that tracked Israeli military activity.


4 posted on 05/15/2021 1:56:56 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Remove all terrorist supporting media, kkthx Israel.


5 posted on 05/15/2021 1:57:10 PM PDT by cranked
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A proud nation who fights. We could learn a lot from Israel.


6 posted on 05/15/2021 1:57:59 PM PDT by Levy78
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From another report-—

“”Earlier, AP staffers and other tenants safely evacuated their office building after the military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent within an hour. Three heavy missiles struck the 12-story building, collapsing it in a giant cloud of dust.””


7 posted on 05/15/2021 1:58:16 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

LOL! If you were going to condemn anything the Israelis did, that would be it. WHAT!?!? You left the NYT and CNN in place? What were you thinking?


8 posted on 05/15/2021 1:59:55 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it.)
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What better place for hamas terrorists to hang out thinking they’re safe.


9 posted on 05/15/2021 2:00:18 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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So sorry Biden wasn’t in the building.


10 posted on 05/15/2021 2:01:52 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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President Trump: “Why didn’t I think of that?”. LOL


11 posted on 05/15/2021 2:08:25 PM PDT by Howie66 (God Bless TEXAS! #Texit)
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Israel knows where they stage from. They use media, ambulances, hospitals etc.


12 posted on 05/15/2021 2:11:31 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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In the old days the bad guys would use schools and hospitals as shields, now they use AP. That tells us something.


13 posted on 05/15/2021 2:11:36 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Dr. Sivana is not a medical doctor. He is a comic book doctor of the Mad Scientist variety.)
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Too bad it wasn’t BLM headquarters. Gaza is a hellhole because the sand nazi’s can only control things via oppression.

Screw them.


14 posted on 05/15/2021 2:15:06 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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What are the odds that one of the entrance to the “Metro” was in the basement of this building?

Looking at Google Map I noticed they had a lot of Hospitals in Gaza, I wonder how many of them have tunnels with weapons, ammunition and rockets?

It is a given that most if not all Mosque are part of the network of tunnels.


15 posted on 05/15/2021 2:15:10 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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the offices of Al Jazeera and Associated Press

Errr, they are one and the same ain't they???? The AP kisses AJ's and Pravda and whatever the Commie Red Chinese calls their press, maybe Sex, Lies and Videotape destroyed, I guess maybe. Or maybe they call it Commie Joe and Son's Lying, Cheating, Thieving, Porn Tapes, and Moneymaking Schemes Red China Style.

16 posted on 05/15/2021 2:16:15 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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You know what would be great revenge on the part of israeli citizens? Prank calling every phone in Gaza and telling them their building will be destroyed. Then, days later, calling and saying, “Sorry. Got the timing wrong. It’s going to be in one hour.”. Then, doing it again...and again.


17 posted on 05/15/2021 2:16:23 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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Also got Hamas’ Intel Operations Center and maybe some rockets in the underground ‘parking’ garage.


18 posted on 05/15/2021 2:17:45 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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A proud nation who fights. We could learn a lot from Israel.

I think Israel learned a lot from America. We defeated the Pirates of Tripoli. We defeated the Kaiser. We defeated Hitler. We defeated Saddam.

Evil must be defeated.

19 posted on 05/15/2021 2:18:55 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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You know what would be great revenge on the part of israeli citizens? Prank calling every phone in Gaza and telling them their building will be destroyed. Then, days later, calling and saying, “Sorry. Got the timing wrong. It’s going to be in one hour.”. Then, doing it again...and again.

If only I had the time, and the numbers

20 posted on 05/15/2021 2:20:40 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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