Israeli warplanes hit the offices of Hamas-run television and radio stations in Gaza City, with no casualties reported, eyewitnesses said.
An Israeli airstrike against the headquarters of Al-Aqsa satellite channel in Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City left the building totally destroyed and nearby houses damaged, the witnesses said.
Another raid targeted the offices of Al-Aqsa radio station in al-Shorouk tower in western Gaza City, causing the disruption of the service, they added.
This is not the first time Israeli military aircraft hit the Hamas-run media outlets in Gaza.
In 2008, the headquarters of Al-Aqsa TV station was struck by an Israeli aerial attack in 2008. Two of the channel’s cameramen were also killed in an Israeli raid against their vehicle two years later.
Since July 7, Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with fierce aerial and artillery bombardments with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire from the strip.
At least 1108 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6500 others injured in the relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Gaza-based resistance factions, meanwhile, have continued to fire rocket at Israeli cities in response to relentless Israeli bombardments.
According to official Israeli figures, 48 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed since the hostilities began.
Israel's military operation, dubbed operation "Protective Edge," is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the densely-populate Gaza Strip – which is home to some 1.8 million Palestinians – within the last six years.
In 2008/9, over 1500 Palestinians were killed in Israel's three-week-long operation "Cast Lead."
By Mustafa Haboosh
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