The Israeli military destroyed another high-rise in Gaza City on Wednesday, AFP footage showed, the latest tower to be targeted as Israel intensifies its assault on the territory’s main city.


The military’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, had earlier issued an evacuation warning to those living in and around the Tiba 2 tower. In a later statement, the military said it had “struck a high-rise building that was used by the Hamas terrorist organization in the area of Gaza City.”

AFP images showed huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky as the residential tower in western Gaza City crashed to the ground.

Palestinians were seen searching through the rubble for any salvageable items.

The Gaza war has created catastrophic humanitarian conditions for the population of more than two million, with the UN last month declaring a famine in Gaza City and its surroundings.