BOOM!
With efforts to protect themselves from terrorists ongoing, the Israeli Air Force took out a building housing offices for propaganda operations al Jazeera and the Associated Press, footage of the structure’s collapse quickly went viral on social media.
The building housing Associated Press and Al-Jazeera offices in Gaza City was leveled by Israeli airstrikes. The IDF claimed the building contained Hamas military assets.
AP has decried the strike, saying "we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life." https://t.co/nK4OXJDN0n pic.twitter.com/cZNnTjGdMI
— ABC News (@ABC) May 15, 2021
⭕ LIVE footage of the moment an Israeli air raid bombed the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press in Gaza City ⬇️
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/RvtP1lEX1x pic.twitter.com/RBO1ZiDAl0
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 15, 2021
#Israel bombs tower with @AP and @AJArabic offices in #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/2HMjLoclOe
— Nabih (@nabihbulos) May 15, 2021
Israel flattens #Gaza building hosting AP, Jazeenra in air strike pic.twitter.com/6FPyPUWxOE
— Oceanner (@Oceanworldfree) May 15, 2021
Here's the moment when Al Jazeera Arabic televised the Israeli bombing of the building where it operated in Gaza City. The AP and other media outlets also had offices there. Israeli forces warned people to evacuate the building – thus, the multiple live shots of it collapsing. pic.twitter.com/t1oHCpV6Dq
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 15, 2021
📹 | #BREAKING: #Israel|i warplanes struck a tower in #Gaza which housed international agencies such as Al-Jazeera, BBC and AP.
▪️The second strike of warplanes completely destroyed the building.pic.twitter.com/cUUzIfWAkW
— EHA News (@eha_news) May 15, 2021
WATCH: The owner of al-Jalaa tower pleads with an Israeli officer on live TV to let journalists collect their gear before he bombs it.
Moments later, Israeli air strikes demolish the #Gaza building that housed several international media offices, including #AlJazeera and MEE pic.twitter.com/Sf5PM3UN7P
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) May 15, 2021
The destruction of the building which the Israeli military claimed was housing Hamas in addition to the media outlets drew howls of outrage, including a rebuke by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki whose boss Joe Biden has in less than four months, completely destroyed the Middle East peace that was painstakingly put into place by President Trump and his diplomatic team.
We have communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) May 15, 2021
Squad member and virulent anti-Semite Rep. Rashida Tlaib was triggered:
Israel targeting media sources is so the world can't see Israel's war crimes led by the apartheid-in-chief Netanyahu.
It's so the world can't see the killing of babies, children and their parents.
It's so the world can't see Palestinians being massacred. https://t.co/AvDp3IuxUA
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) May 15, 2021
AP which has been instrumental in poisoning America with its propaganda, fake news, and damned lies reacted harshly to the attack.
Statement of @AP: pic.twitter.com/xMo3NHZWpA
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 15, 2021
Even the Incredible Hulk weighed in
Over 30 children killed. Mothers dead. Hundreds injured. We are on the brink of a full-scale war. Sanctions on South Africa helped free its Black people – it’s time for sanctions on Israel to free Palestinians. Join the call. #GazaUnderAttack https://t.co/N72e0xLvX5
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) May 15, 2021
Not so sympathetic were others who were quick to point out the hypocrisy of the left.
*Rioters destroy small businesses.
Media – "We cannot equate the loss of life with the loss of property. This is not violence."
*Israel levels empty tower where media is sharing office space with Hamas
Media – "Literally the worst thing Israel has ever done"
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 15, 2021
Surely you have insurance. https://t.co/URiyVeneND
— Anna James Zeigler (@ajzeigler) May 15, 2021
They need to concentrate on the underlying grievance, not the destruction of their building. https://t.co/k0epW63edu
— Patrick (@patrick90165084) May 15, 2021
This was decision by the AP to place their bureau offices within a known Hamas safehouse; the reason they did it was for journalistic access, never imagining that something like this might happen. Hamas, of course, WANTED either defense or for it to happen for propaganda. https://t.co/8c7vH9T5zU
— Jeff B. tried to do his best, but he could not (@EsotericCD) May 15, 2021
#AP sharing office space and the break room with #Hamas. https://t.co/ayWJbS6euJ
— Milo™ (@chasbottom) May 15, 2021
Pro tip:
Make sure your landlord isn’t Hamas.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) May 15, 2021
This could escalate quickly but at least Biden isn’t sending out mean tweets.
