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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The Bakersfield CalifornianPhotos show rescuers recovering bodies after strike-damaged building collapses in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — People carried bodies Wednesday as machines cleared rubble from a Gaza City building that collapsed after Israeli strikes left it unstable. Reconstruction remains stalled as Israel demands Hamas disarm, with few excavators allowed in.
At least 20 people were killed in the collapse of a residential building damaged by air raids in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip there is a devastating disaster in the early morning: a house damaged by an Israeli airstrike collapses over sleeping people. Among the dead are eleven children, the number of victims could increase significantly.
Gaza apartment block collapse leaves 21 dead
The six-storey building, which had four apartments per floor, crumbled overnight onto nearby homes and tents in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City, according to the civil defence agency, which works as a rescue service under Hamas authority. The vast majority of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed in Israeli strikes throughout the war with Hamas, according to the United Nations. At Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, AFP journalists saw w…
Dozens of people are missing under the rubble of the building in Gaza City, where about 10 families lived
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