Posted on 11/04/2023 1:18:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Paris (AFP) – AFP on Saturday called on Israel for "an in-depth and transparent investigation" into the exact involvement of its army after a strike severely damaged its office in Gaza City, which has been shelled for weeks.
“A strike on the offices of an international news agency sends a deeply troubling message to all the journalists working in such difficult conditions in Gaza," said AFP Chairman and CEO Fabrice Fries.
AFP is one of the few international media organisations to have an office in the Gaza Strip.
An AFP employee who visited the office on Friday said an explosive projectile appeared to have entered the technician's office in the bureau horizontally from east to west.
The strike destroyed the wall opposite the window and caused significant damage to the adjacent room and other doors. It also punctured water tanks on the roof.
"According to the current information we hold, it seems that there was a IDF (Israel Defense Forces) strike near the building to eliminate an immediate threat," a spokesperson said in a statement Friday.
"The building was not targeted in any way by the IDF and... we do not have any record of a missed target in that strike," the statement said.
"There was an IDF strike nearby that might have caused debris."
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AlwaysPalestinian ass kissers complaining. Ha ha ha
Too bad. So sad.
When your office is at ground zero you have to expect a few hits.
No problems of your own and home in France?
Why are they even there?
Wasn’t the population warned to evacuate weeks ago?
A News Office on a War Zone is Bad News!
A News Office on a War Zone is Bad News!
Shouldn’t have let Hamas laugh missiles from their space.
Tough shi-!
Israel warned them to get out weeks ago saying they could not guarantee their safety.
I assume AP thought Israel was joking.
I realised I confused AFP with AP.
So its’ really an AlwaysFrickinPalestinan ass kissing office
Stay in a war zone and you may die.
Another case of FAFO.
They have a live cam.
AFP needs to go net-Zer0.
Someone post the Boo Hoo Girl GIF!
For Sale
French WWII Army Rifles
Never fired
Only dropped once
I was streaming the other day when this happened. The media building did not shake, it was nearby, the camera, though caught all of the debris flying up for over it from behind.
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