A Gaza tower block housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike. The Israeli military said Hamas hid assets in the building https://t.co/YFJvMKhavs pic.twitter.com/mKX380H3TR
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2021
When you spend your years following Israel's wars, the shock of its brutality wears off.
— Antoun Issa (@antissa) May 15, 2021
They've bombed UN compounds, refugee camps, schools, hospitals, ambulances, power stations. What's a media building to add to Israel's long list of crimes against humanity? https://t.co/w4ElvAsCe5
#BREAKING UN chief 'deeply disturbed' by Israel strike on Gaza media building: statement pic.twitter.com/mfGvghxI8S
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 15, 2021
32 children killed since Monday in #Gaza by Israeli fire – that’s approx 1/4 of all fatalities – It’s not acceptable! Israel has int. legal obligation to protect children in conflict & r not doing so! #Ireland will speak forcefully again at UNSC tomorrow. https://t.co/HGiCoTbfwk
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) May 15, 2021
Some 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced from their homes as a result of Israel’s offensive, according to the UN https://t.co/zd469AWfmk pic.twitter.com/Im36NDvSAk
— Electronic Intifada (@intifada) May 15, 2021
Just utterly remarkable to watch Al Jazeera report live on the destruction of our own offices in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/grcCbNj60U
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) May 15, 2021
“AP’s bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building. This is something we actively check to the best of our ability. We would never knowingly put our journalists at risk.” https://t.co/LJ9VU00naL
— Anthony DeRosa 🗽 (@Anthony) May 15, 2021
Video of inside the press offices of the Associated Press and AlJazeera before the Gaza building was levelled to the ground. Journalists trying to grab precious and valuable equipment in short period. pic.twitter.com/Bi14stu49M
— Bessma Momani (@b_momani) May 15, 2021
“The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.” https://t.co/3zGxRVSK7Z
— Slate (@Slate) May 15, 2021
But hey….
The President also spoke with Palestinian Authority President Abbas and conveyed a commitment to strengthening the U.S.-Palestinian partnership. They discussed a shared desire for Jerusalem to be a place of peaceful coexistence for all faiths and backgrounds.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 15, 2021
My grandfather was a teacher who worked very hard for many years. He used his life savings to buy an apartment in Gaza, something he could leave behind for his children to inherit. It was in the same building that was bombed by Israel that housed Al Jazeera and AP. It’s gone.
— Laila Al-Arian (@LailaAlarian) May 15, 2021
Everywhere around the world today people marched in protest against the ongoing suffering inflicted on the Palestinian people by Israel.
— Gülnur Aybet (@Gulnuray) May 15, 2021
You can’t silence the conscience of humanity.#GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/UoJf7JHL8r
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PM UNDER FIRE OVER INDIAN VARIANT
“If the Indian variant establishes itself as dominant strain in UK, jeopardising sacrifices & suffering during a third lockdown, the PM will come under increased scrutiny to answer why decision was left so late to impose restrictions on travel from India” https://t.co/vRiQnJXAgJ
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 15, 2021
On April 16, when cases were soaring, journalists asked why India had not been put on the red list.
— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) May 15, 2021
Downing Street flatly denied it was kept off for political reasons https://t.co/JOn1Ujapdx
"Johnson ‘must think again on plans to relax Covid rules’
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) May 15, 2021
Top adviser warns of India variant impact as scientists urge delay in lockdown changes"
We've been here before, many times. Boris Johnson zags when everyone says to zig, and people die.https://t.co/r5aTHzLLWz
WATCH: Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would push ahead with plans for a second independence referendum, adding that it would be absurd and outrageous if Boris Johnson tried to ignore the democratic will of the people https://t.co/OCubljCWwT pic.twitter.com/FcoxqJYlIU
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2021
Lord Frost furious at Lord Frost for having negotiated the NI Protocol that Lord Frost now says is “dead in the water” but here to stay.
— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) May 15, 2021
Frankly, this pretence is wearing a bit thin. #BrexitShambles #marr https://t.co/XDs8h2pwdy
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