Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief speaks after Israeli strike on offices
By AFP
17 May 2021 |
8:57 am
Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza Wael al-Dahdouh speaks in front of the rubble of Jala Tower, a 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and the US news agency the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, which collapsed following an Israeli air strike on May 15.
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