Journalists Group Condemns Strike On Gaza Media

Smoke rises from the United Nations headquarters after it was hit in a Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli artillery shells crashed into the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, drawing a sharp protest from the U.N. chief as he visited Israel to appeal for a truce. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

From Yahoo News/AP:

JERUSALEM – Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday struck two high-rise buildings housing international media, drawing sharp criticism from the Foreign Press Association.

Two journalists were moderately wounded when Israeli fire hit a Palestinian media center that works with international media and is located two floors above the Reuters news agency. TV footage showed the wounded men in flak jackets marked "press" being rushed to the hospital.

It was not clear if the building was hit by ground fire or by aircraft.

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