2 Palestinians Martyred in Gaza As ’Israel’ Bombs Towers

Local Editor

"Israeli" airstrikes on Gaza City martyred two Palestinians early Tuesday, while many more were wounded when warplanes bombed two high-rise residential blocks, medics and witnesses said.

An early air strike killed two men in the street in the northern al-Nafaq neighborhood, medics said.

Sometime later, another strike on the Nasser neighborhood, also in the north, hit a 16-story mixed-use complex known as "Little Italy," causing its complete collapse, witnesses said.

Medics said 25 people were wounded in the raid but no one was martyred.
Witnesses said that F16s fired at least six rockets at the tower block, in which there were 60 apartments and a commercial complex including dozens of shops, completely destroying it.

They said residents had fled the building after the "Israeli" army sent them recorded warning messages.
"The army told them to leave immediately and they all ran out into the street to find shelter," one said.

Shortly afterwards, warplanes fired on the 14-story Al-Basha building in the western Rimal neighborhood, causing massive damage and wounding another 15 people, witnesses and medics said.
Part of the building was used by Sawt al-Shaab radio, or "Voice of the People," run by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Hamas Resistance's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a statement saying said it had fired four rockets at Tel Aviv and one at the northern port city of Haifa in response to the destruction of the two towers.

The "Israeli" army confirmed carrying out 15 airstrikes since midnight.

During the night, there was no rocket fire on the Zionist entity, but at 6:30 am, fighters sent a heavy barrage over the border, setting sirens sounding all up the Mediterranean coast, the army said.

Since then, 21 rockets have been fired at "Israeli" occupied territory, 18 of which struck the south and one of which was intercepted over greater Tel Aviv, a spokeswoman said.

She said there were no reports of anything hitting farther north than the southern port city of Askalan where a rocket hit a house causing major damage and lightly wounding 21 people.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team