Ramallah, August 13 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli army has attacked media offices during its recent offensive against the Gaza Strip, killing 49 Palestinians, official Wafa news agency reported today.
According to the source, during the shelling, Israeli warplanes unannounced attacked homes in the Palestinian Tower, located in central Gaza City.
The bombs caused serious damage to the facilities of several media companies that have offices in the building, including Shehab news agency, Media Group, Al-Ayyam newspaper and two radio stations, among others, he stressed.
Al-Ayyam director Hamid Gad denounced that the attacks caused severe damage to the building.
Two office rooms were completely damaged, as was the water supply network, forcing a temporary move, he explained.
Nahid Abu Harbid, a reporter and producer for the Al-Kofiya satellite channel, was injured in her left leg.
Wafa recently revealed that Israeli security forces have committed at least 21 assaults on Palestinian workers in the sector over the past month.
Among them, he cited incidents of shootings while covering breaking news in the West Bank, particularly attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians.
So far this year the military has killed two Palestinian journalists, Abu Aqleh, who was shot in the head in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, and Ghofran Warasnah near the southern city of Hebron.
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