IAF airstrikes overnight destroyed an office building in Rafah that housed an office of Hamas’s Interior Ministry, the Associated Press reports.
The seven-story Zourab building was leveled and the strikes caused severe damage to nearby shops, homes and cars, witnesses say. Another strike hit a nearby shopping center with dozens of shops, sparking a fire that gutted the two-story building.
After daybreak Sunday, smoke is still rising from the site as shop owners inspect the damage. Windows and doors were blown out in nearby buildings.
The Israeli military says the two buildings were attacked because they housed facilities linked to terrorists, but do not provide further details. The Gaza City apartment tower toppled Saturday was targeted because a Hamas command center operated from there, the army says.
— AP contributed
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