At least 20 killed after war-damaged Gaza building collapses
- A multistory building housing displaced families collapsed in Gaza City on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 15, according to Shifa Hospital.
- The structure had sustained significant damage during the Israel-Hamas war, and authorities had previously issued safety warnings regarding the building's condition.
- Civil defense crews are searching for more than 60 missing people, utilizing bulldozers and manual labor to locate survivors despite a lack of heavy machinery.
- Raed Al-Dahshan, director of the Gaza City civil defense service, said, "We are still hearing voices from under the rubble, so there is still hope to find people," while at least four children were among the dead.
- The local rescue service reports about 2,000 damaged buildings currently house families, with approximately 400 structures at risk of collapse, leaving displaced residents vulnerable to sudden structural failures.
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Gaza building collapse kills at least 20, dozens more trapped under rubble
At least 20 people, including several children, have died after a war-damaged residential building in Gaza City collapsed early Wednesday morning, local authorities said, with dozens more feared trapped under layers of rubble.
In Gaza City, at least nineteen people have died as a damaged residential complex collapsed. Displaced Palestinians lived in the building; the deceased victims are mostly women and children, the Gazan Ministry of Health reports to Reuters news agency. The building was partly destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the war and there were safety warnings. The death toll may still rise; bodies are still being searched for in the rubble. The majorit…
Gaza Civil Defense say the death toll from the collapse of a residential building in Gaza City has risen to 20, including 5 children
Civil Defense crews and civilians were continuing efforts to locate anyone still trapped in the rubble. Despite the building having been damaged in an airstrike during the war, it is believed 10 families of forcibly displaced people had been...
The six-storey building, consisting of four apartments per floor, had been "directly targeted" during the war between Israel and Hamas, according to the Gaza press office.
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