Incredible photographs capture Israeli missiles a split second before they reduce Gaza buildings to rubble in front of Palestinians

Young men and children cower in street as four missiles smash into apartment block a few hundred y ards away

Family of 35 fled the building moments earlier after being warned by the Israeli military of the impending strike


Gazing skywards with their hands over their ears, these astonishing pictures capture the moment terrified Palestinians watch Israeli missiles falling from the sky before smashing into an apartment block.



As young men and children congregate in the street, Israeli drones target the building with three strikes, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the air just a few metres away.



An F-16 fighter jet then roars overhead to drop the final, knock-out missile, obliterating the building with an almighty boom that rocks the district.



The images, which captured the missiles from different points in the street, were taken earlier this week in Gaza City which has been under constant bombardment since the conflict began three weeks ago.

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Others simply walked nonchalantly on past the explosion, suggesting it was more than a daily occurrence.

Some were so accustomed to aerial strikes they knew the tactics employed by the Israelis - three smaller missiles fired from a drone to warn anyone too close, followed by one from a fighter jet to destroy the building.

It was reportedly a pinpoint strike which left no-one dead or injured, leaving it unclear why the Israelis targeted the building.

The images emerged as the three-day ceasefire collapsed, with both Hamas and Israel blaming each other for breaking the truce.



Blast: Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in Gaza City yesterday. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire beginning today

The Israeli military saying militants had broke the agreement shortly after it began by apparently capturing an Israeli soldier and also fired eight rockets and mortars at Israel, one of which was intercepted.

Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said that in addition to the dead, some 200 Palestinians were wounded in the 'random' Israeli shelling of the Rafah area in southern Gaza.

The ceasefire, announced hours earlier by America and the United Nations, took effect at 8am local time (6am BST).

