Israeli jets flatten Gaza residential homes

Israel has destroyed a residential building in western Gaza, displacing at least eight families, eyewitnesses told Middle East Eye's Mohammed el-Hajjar.

"We've never seen this level of brutality. We are all civilians here. There are no members of any armed group," Khamees Shammalk, 75, told MEE.

"They only gave us 15 minutes to evacuate, and we had to rush ourselves out, we couldn't take any of our belongings out," he said.

An eyewitness recalls the moment that a residential building in Gaza was hit by an Israel air strike as part of ‘operation Breaking Dawn’. At least 9 Palestinians were killed in the attack, including a 5-year-old child. pic.twitter.com/h56fsPpJTT

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Palestinian authorities in Gaza have said that 650 housing units have been damaged in 24 hours since the start of the Israeli onslaught, which has targeted several residential towers, local media reported.