Netanyahu: “Legal target” is the building where the media were housed

The building housing the media in Gaza, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, was “a perfectly legitimate target,” the Israeli prime minister said today. Benjamin Netanyahu, stressing that it is based on information from intelligence services.

The building, which housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera television, also housed an ‘intelligence office’ for the Palestinian terrorist organization (…) that prepares and organizes terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, Netanyahu explained. speaking on the show “Face the Nation” of the American network CBS. “It is therefore a perfectly legitimate goal.”

He added that information about Saturday’s attack had been passed to US authorities.

Israel had warned those inside the building before the attack began, Netanyahu said.

“We are targeting a terrorist organization that targets our citizens and hides behind them, using them as human shields,” he said.

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