GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -
Israel bombed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Monday, pushing ahead with its three-week offensive in Gaza as troops clashed with militants in the northern part of the
The huge blast from the second Israeli airstrike on the ministry in less than a week collapsed a wing of the building and damaged dozens of houses. Black smoke covered the area as police vehicles and ambulances raced in, sirens blaring.
An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw clouds of smoke rising from the already damaged building after the Israeli plane dropped the bomb, which exploded with a deafening blast, shaking the whole area. At least nine people in nearby houses were injured, rescue workers said.
At least 50 apartments were severely damaged. Windows were shattered, furniture wrecked and several walls blown down. Stores on ground floor levels had their doors blown off. Shacks in a nearby shantytown collapsed on their occupants, residents said.
The other four ministries in the same compound as the foreign ministry were also damaged in the explosion.
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