Israeli air strikes level 12-floor apartment block in Gaza after giving residents just ten minutes’ warning to get out

Israeli air strikes level 12-floor apartment block in Gaza after giving residents just ten minutes’ warning to get out

‘Israeli airstrikes levelled a 12-floor apartment block in Gaza City, injuring at least 18 people including four children, after residents were reportedly given just ten minutes’ warning to get out.
The tower block, containing 44 flats, collapsed in a cloud of fire and smoke after it was hit by at least two missiles, and was followed just hours later by the bombing of a seven-storey office building as well as a shopping centre in the southern town of Rafah early this morning.
The latest strikes have signalled a new escalation in seven weeks of fighting, with the targeting of large buildings apparently a new military tactic by Israel.’
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