Cover-up Attempt: ‘Israel’ Attacks Gaza Tower Housing Media Offices

By Staff, Agencies

In an attempt to silence media conveying its brutal crimes, the ‘Israeli’ military destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the US-based Associated Press and other news media outlets on Saturday.

The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of al-Jazeera broadcaster as well as other offices and apartments, had been evacuated after the owner received advanced warning of the strike.

A Palestinian journalist was wounded in the strike, Palestinian media reported, and debris and shrapnel flew dozens of yards away.

The Zionist military said its warplanes struck a multi-storey building, saying it had provided advance warning to civilians in the building, allowing them to get out.

AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt called the strike "an incredibly disturbing development." He said a dozen AP journalists and freelancers had been in the building and had been evacuated in time.

"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," he said in a statement. "The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today."

The acting director general of al-Jazeera Media Network, Dr. Mostefa Souag, called the strike "barbaric" and said ‘Israel’ should be held accountable.

“The aim of this heinous crime is to silence the media and to hide the untold carnage and suffering of the people of Gaza," he said in a statement.