Israeli air strikes kill eight children and flatten Gaza building housing international media outlets

Photos show the Jala Tower, housing international media outlets in Gaza city, being hit by an Israeli air strike and collapsing on 15 May, 2021.

Photos show the Jala Tower, housing international media outlets in Gaza city, being hit by an Israeli air strike and collapsing on 15 May, 2021. Source: AFP via Getty Images

One strike on a building in the Shati refugee camp killed 10 members of an extended family - two mothers and their four children each. Israel's army said the building was used by senior Hamas officials.


Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed eight children and demolished a building housing international media outlets on Saturday, as Palestinian militants fired back barrages of rockets.

Palestinian protestors clashed with Israeli forces in the West Bank as Israeli fighter jets struck several sites in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

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