The Gaza offices of Al-Jazeera were targeted by the Israeli army, reports the Guardian on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera staff who were preparing to broadcast live from a balcony in their building experienced gunfire at their building.
“Two very precise shots were fire straight into our building. We are high up in the building so we had a very strong vantage point over the area. But we have evacuated,” said Stefanie Dekker of Al-Jazeera.
The Jerusalem Post reports that a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said no warning shots had been fired but could not confirm or deny whether there had been indirect damage to the building from firing at nearby military targets.
The number of Palestinians killed rose to over 600 as the Israeli military reported a death toll of 27. Over 100 targets were hit in the area of Shujai’ia in the most intense fighting seen to date.
International flights to Israel were suspended today after rockets fired by Hamas fell near Israel’s major airport.
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, today pledged £28 million in humanitarian aid to the Palestinians
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