Israel has destroyed another high-rise in Gaza City, bringing the number of buildings razed during its campaign to seize the largest urban center in the Gaza Strip to at least 50, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.
The attack on Al-Ruya Tower on Sunday came as Israeli forces killed at least 65 people across the Gaza Strip, including 49 in the northern part of the besieged enclave.
The Israeli military said it struck Al-Ruya Tower on Sunday after issuing an evacuation threat, forcing residents and displaced families sheltering in makeshift tents in the neighborhood to flee.
“Today, hundreds of families lost their shelters. Israel [is] aiming to force Palestinians to the southern areas using these explosions, but everyone knows that there is no safe place in the south or any humanitarian zone,” the head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the military was “eliminating terrorist infrastructure and nefarious terrorist high-rises,” a talking point that Israel often repeats as it obliterates civilian infrastructure in Gaza.
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