Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief’s home, building housing media outlets as fighting enters seventh day
- Hours after the media building was struck, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group
- Associated Press staff and other tenants safely evacuated the building after the military phoned to warn that the strike was imminent
Israel bombed the home of Hamas’ chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating.
At least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes across the coastal enclave, health officials said, and many were injured as the sounds of heavy bombardment roared through the night.
Israelis dashed for bomb shelters as sirens warning of incoming rocket fire blared in Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba. Around 10 people were injured while running for shelters, medics said.
Envoys from the United States, United Nations and Egypt were working to restore calm but have yet to show any signs of progress. The UN Security Council was due to meet later on Sunday to discuss the worst outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.
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Israeli air strike flattens Gaza tower housing media outlets and Hamas military offices