GAZA (PIC)– One woman was killed and 46 others were wounded Friday afternoon when F-16 fighters bombed the old building of the interior ministry near the Islamic university according to reports from Gaza.
The bombing resulted in the complete destruction of the five-storey unused building and caused great damage to surrounding homes.
Medical sources told PIC correspondent that a 58-year-old woman died of shrapnel wounds and 46 others all civilians were wounded at least five of them sustained serious wounds.
Local sources said that an F-16 fighter fired two rockets at the building bringing it down and causing great damage to nearby buildings.
There was a wedding party at the house of Abdel-Jawad family adjacent to the bombed building and the bombing caused the death of Ms. Haneya Abdel-Jawad and the wounding of many wedding guests including young children.
Security sources said the Israeli occupation knows very well that the targeted building is within a densely populated area and that targeting it would result in a large number of civilian casualties.
Spokesman for the Interior Ministry Ihab al-Ghusain said that his ministry has evacuated the building a long time ago and was handed back to the owners.
Two Naval Police Stations were also bombed and destroyed but no casualties were reported.
