GAZA: A CRIME OF WAR
The images went around the world on Saturday. The director of Al-Jazeera denounced a "war crime" and an attempt to "silence the media" after the Israeli army on Saturday bombed the building housing the Qatari television station and 'other media, as the Associated Press.
Since Monday, Israel has been bombarding the Palestinian enclave controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas, which is launching rockets at the Jewish state in retaliation for the violent crackdown on Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem at the end of last week and on Monday.
"Blatant violation of human rights"
In Gaza, an overpopulated territory under Israeli blockade, the Palestinian authorities have reported 145 dead, including 41 children, and some 1,100 injured in the bombings.
"The destruction of the offices of Al-Jazeera and those of other media in the Al-Jalaa tower in Gaza is a flagrant violation of human rights and is considered internationally a war crime", denounced Mostafa Souag, the director. acting general of the Qatari group.
"The aim of this heinous crime is to silence the media and hide the untold carnage and suffering of the people of Gaza," he said.
Al-Jazeera news director Assef Hamidi told that the channel will take "all measures to prosecute Israel", adding that "the most important response (was) to continue to cover events ".
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