US EditionGaza Struggles to Pull Bodies From Rubble as Storms Rock Damaged Buildings
Storm Byron caused heavy rain and winds that collapsed war-damaged buildings in Gaza, killing at least 12 and complicating recovery of an estimated 9,000 buried bodies, officials said.
- On Dec 15, Gaza authorities warned more war-damaged buildings may collapse amid heavy rain as Gaza Civil Defence crews raced to rescue people trapped by storm-driven collapses in the devastated Palestinian enclave.
- On Dec 12, two buildings collapsed, killing at least 12 people according to local health authorities, including Mr Mohammad Nassar's six-storey building damaged by Israeli strikes.
- On Monday, rescue workers retrieved about 20 bodies from a December 2023 bombing site where around 60 people had sheltered, while Gaza authorities say around 9,000 bodies remain buried, spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta said.
- Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal called on the international community to provide mobile homes and caravans rather than `tents` after storms washed away and flooded shelters, causing deaths from exposure.
- Mr Mohammad Nassar lost his son and daughter in the Dec 12 collapse and said, `I saw my son’s hand sticking out from under the ground` as rescuers struggled.
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Gaza struggles to pull bodies from rubble as storms rock damaged buildings
GAZA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Gaza warned on Monday that more war-damaged buildings may collapse because of heavy rain in the devastated Palestinian enclave and said the weather was making it hard to recover bodies still under the rubble.Two buildings collapsed in Gaza on Friday, killing at least 12 people according to local health authorities, amid a storm that has also washed away and flooded tents, and led to deaths from expos…
Gaza, Palestine. With shovels in hand, Palestinians with plastic sandals and fine sweaters dig trenches around their tents in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City, minimal protection from the torrential rains that have fallen for hours. Since Wednesday night, the storm Byron swept the Palestinian territory, bordered by the Mediterranean, flooding the makeshift camps and adding anguish to the population, displaced massively since the beginning of…
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