BEIJING, July 13 -- Israel destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in a predawn air raid on Thursday. The attack caused widespread damage to a nearby neighborhood and wounded 13 people.

    Witnesses say the attack set off a fire in the Foreign Ministry and destroyed the office of Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Palestinian Foreign Minister. Thirteen people were wounded, mostly children that sustained light or moderate wounds.

    And earlier on Wednesday, Israel killed at least 23 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. One airstrike aimed at Hamas officials killed nine members of a single family. Seven of the dead were children, aged four to eighteen.

    (Source: CCTV.com)

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