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"GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip \u2014 Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a 12-story apartment tower in downtown Gaza City on Saturday. They collapsing the building, sent a huge fireball into the sky and wounded at least 22 people, including 11 children, witnesses and Palestinian officials said.\nIsrael has launched some 5,000 airstrikes against Gaza in nearly seven weeks of fighting with Hamas, but Saturday's strike marked the first time an entire high-rise was toppled. The explosion shook nearby buildings.\nSee also: Hamas Executes 18 Palestinians, Accusing Them of Spying for Israel\nGaza police said Israeli aircraft fired a warning missile at the roof of the tower at dusk, followed five minutes later by two missiles with explosives.\nAyman Sahabani, head of the emergency room at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, said at least 22 people were wounded, including 11 children and five women.\nThe leveling of the tower was a further sign of escalation following a breakdown of Egyptian-brokered cease-fire talks and the collapse of a temporary truce earlier this week.\nEarlier Saturday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry urged Israel and Hamas to resume indirect talks, and agree to an open-ended cease-fire.\nThe appeal came after Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo. Egyptian officials did not say how they expected renewed talks to produce a different outcome after repeated failures.\nIsraeli government spokesperson Mark Regev had no immediate comment regarding the renewed call for a cease-fire. Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Gaza's ruling Hamas, said the group would consider the Egyptian appeal, but there was no sign it would budge from longstanding demands.\nIn the United States, protesters unfurled a giant Palestinian flag from New York's Brooklyn Bridge in support of Palestinians in Gaza.\nAdditional reporting by Mashable\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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