REYKJAVIK — US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Washington had received further information about Israel's
destruction of a
Gaza high-rise that housed the local offices of the Associated
Press and Al Jazeera news organizations.
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But he declined to comment further on it.
"We did seek further information from Israel on this
question," Blinken said at a joint briefing with Iceland's foreign
minister in Reykjavik. "It's my understanding that we've received some
further information through intelligence channels, and it's not something I can
comment on," he said.
Israel said its fighter jets struck a multi-story building
“which contained military assets belonging to the intelligence offices of the
Hamas terror organization”.
The Associated Press’ top editor Sally Buzbee on Sunday said
they were yet to see any evidence from Israeli officials to justify the bombing
and added that her organization wants an independent investigation into the
incident.
A call from by
US President Joe Biden on Monday in support
of a ceasefire appeared to go unheeded, although cross-border fighting between
Israel and Hamas seemed to abate slightly on Tuesday.
Ron Dermer, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington and
now adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told CNN that evidence has
been provided to Washington.
"The evidence has already been provided, as I understand
it, to US intelligence officials. And that was a site where you had Hamas
intelligence in that building, and they were engaged in activity that actually
would have, as far as I understand, would have undermined our ability to
actually target effectively and also undermined our ability to intercept
incoming rockets."
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