News agency Al Jazeera's bureau in Gaza came under attack yesterday and had to be evacuated, the broadcaster has claimed. The network's news room is on the 11th floor of a building in a residential area in central Gaza city.
"Two very precise shots were fired straight into our building," said Al Jazeera correspondent Stefanie Dekker. She claimed the shots "caused a lot of panic" and the building had to be evacuated but no casualties were reported. Pictures of the rounds that entered the building were later posted on social media.
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