The evacuation of AP reporters before Israeli air
The peers of colleagues woke Fares Akram, he quickly picked up important objects and rushed out of the building, before the Israeli army collapsed.
At about 13h55 on May 15, Akram was napping on the two-storey apartment with Jala Tower, once the US AP news agency in Gaza City since 2006. "This is not strange in recent days
The roar of colleagues wake him up.
Akram hurried down the stairs and saw the colleagues wearing a protective helmet, wearing protective coat.
Later Akram knew the Israeli army targeted destruction of the building and gave the previous brief warning.
AP journalists stood next to the rubble of the Jala Tower, which placed international press offices, after Israel's air strikes in the Gaza Strip on May 15.
Akram quickly grabbed a laptop and some other electronics.
"I started to leave. After that I looked at the place once my second house. I realized this was the last time I could see it. At that time I was now 14h, I looked around. I'm
After the unstazparible dates in where Akram was born, grew up and now be reported, where his mother and siblings, his cousins and his uncle are living.
On May 14, a franchise was destroyed the Akram family's farm at the north of Gaza.
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Many gaza people suffer worse scenes.
Akram runs a 11-storey ladder, down to the tunnel.
"I threw my belongings behind, jumped in and drive away. When I feel far enough, I parked and out to see my office building. I saw colleagues all being
Nearby, the building owner is talking to the phone with the Israeli military officer, who asked him to evacuate this place.
Akram turned to the building, praying it wouldn't happen.
Other journalists gathered around, while video correspondents played directly what was going on.
In the next 8 minutes, a stirrer with a small unmanned plane, then two airmuniors.
"The dense black smoke covers when the building collapses. Dust and cement pieces, the piece of glasses falls everywhere. What ever belongs to us has disappeared," Akram said.
A policeman stood on the rubble from Jala Tower in Gaza City on May 15.
With Akram, it was one of the most terrible scenes he had witnessed.
"We are journalists, we are not part of the story. Priority for us is not myself, but to tell the story of others, who are living in the community we take
"I took off the attack myself. Now let's find out what to do next. Please continue to report the whole. This is history, and has more stories to tell. And as everything
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