Gaza man on receiving IDF warning prior to strike

STORY: Gaza Explosions Call - Gaza man on receiving IDF warning prior to strike

LENGTH: 02:10

FIRST RUN: 1054

RESTRICTIONS:

: Arabic/Natsound

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

STORY NUMBER: 4325626

DATELINE: 13 May 2021 - Gaza City

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City – 13 May 2021

1. Wide of a building hit by a warning missile

2. Wide of explosion as building collapses hit by Israeli airstrikes

3. Smoke in air

4. Various of ambulance arriving

5. Owner of building on phone, surrounded by residents, UPSOUND (Arabic) recipient of call from Israeli military asking him to evacuate building:

IDF caller on phone: "In a little while big blow will come"

Recipient of call:  " big blow from back or front?"

IDF caller on phone: "I don't know. I don't know."

Recipient of call: "We told you re's an empty space in back, why are you damaging houses in front?"

IDF caller on phone: "I understand you, God willing, only this building will be bombed."

Recipient of call: "It will not affect houses around us?"

6. Various of destruction

7. Various of rescue team inspecting destruction

8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, building owner:

" building is residential, what is in to hit it? I asked him (IDF caller) what was re in order to hit it? He said after it is bombed, I will call you and tell you why, I tried to find out why, all are normal apartments and shops, he told me after we hit it I will call you and tell you why."

9. Various of people garing near destruction

10. Various of people pulling ir belongings from among destruction

11. Various of destruction

STORYLINE:

owner of a five-story building in Gaza City said he got a call from Israeli military on Thursday asking him to evacuate it before an airstrike brought it down.

“ building is residential, what is in to hit?” said man, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.

Soon after he received call and fled, missile warning shots rang out and an Israeli airstrike hit his building, which houses a number of shops in a tightly packed district of city.

caller has not heard back about reasons for strike, but Israeli military later said building housed intelligence offices used by Hamas.

In widely criticized tactics echoing past wars, Israel has flattened several high-rise buildings over past few days.

Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in blocked Gaza Strip raged into a third day on Thursday.

Israeli military also has targeted a number of residential apartments where it alleges that militants live.

But because Gaza is crowded and many Hamas offices and command centers are within residential towers, civilians have been caught in crossfire.

Gaza's Health Ministry said death toll has climbed to 83 Palestinians, including 17 children and seven women, with more than 480 people wounded.

Islamic Jih confirmed deaths of seven militants, while Hamas, Islamic militant group that seized power in Gaza from rival Palestinian forces in 2007, acknowledged that a top commander and several or members were killed. Israel says number of militants killed is much higher than Hamas has acknowledged.

A total of seven people have been killed in Israel. Among m were a soldier killed by an anti-tank missile and a 6-year-old child hit in a rocket attack.

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