அல் - குத்ஸ் படையணி தலைவர் வீரமரணம் - காஸாவின் வபாத்தானவர் எண்ணிக்கை 100

A senior Islamic  Jihad militant was killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza City building housing Palestinian and international media, the Islamist faction told  AFP.

Sources told AFP on Monday that Ramez Harb, a senior commander in its armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, was killed. 

As this developed, Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba is reporting that the death toll in Gaza has risen to 100.

Israel confirmed the attack, with its intelligence services saying the strike had targeted "senior Islamic Jihad officials" who were on the premises.

It was the second time in as many days that Israel had fired on the Shuruq Tower in the city's upscale Rimal neighbourhood which is used by media outlets including Britain's Sky News, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network, Russia Today and Iran's Press TV.

Smoke was seen billowing from the lower floors of the tower, also used by Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV whose offices were destroyed in the first strike on Sunday morning, officials said.

[Al Jazeera and Agencies]