Israel Bombs Palestinian Foreign Ministry (2nd time)

[AnOhioan]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli warplanes bombed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Monday, the second attack on the ministry in a week, witnesses said.

An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw clouds of smoke rising from the already damaged building after the strike by an Israeli warplane. At least five people were injured, rescue workers said.

The Israeli military refused to comment.

The huge blast collapsed an eight-story wing of the building and damaged houses in a wide area around the ministry. Black smoke covered the area as police vehicles and ambulances raced in, sirens blaring.

More at http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5955261,00.html

[gratuitous]

1. So, what's the strategic value of a ministry building?

Or is this just another one of those collective reprisal things that are so against the Geneva Conventions?

[Kagemusha]

2. Political value. It was already bombed once. (Unuseable?)

It's just to remind the Palestinians that they haven't been forgotten and Israel still does not love them.

[leesa]

3. Sick bastards. These people are worse than Bush and Cheney and

their pals

[Andromeda]

4. Maybe they didn't get it right the first time.