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May 17, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the United States asked the Israeli government for evidence that Hamas was in the Gaza building that housed several media offices before Israel destroyed it on Saturday, but he personally has “not seen any information provided.” An Israeli airstrike targeted the Jala a building in Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, obliterating the newsrooms of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press. No casualties were reported from the strike, as the journalists and other occupants of the high-rise were given one hour to evacuate.  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says the building was “an important base of operations” for Palestinian militant group Hamas, which for the past week has been firing rockets into Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS’s Face The Nation  on Sunday, without elaborating, that Israel has evidence indicating the Jala a building was “a perfectly legitimate target.  

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