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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A multi-storey house has collapsed in the Gaza Strip. There are numerous deaths, nearly 100 more people are missing. Helpers dig after them with bare hands. The building had previously been damaged by Israeli attacks.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = A seven-story apartment building in the Gaza Strip, damaged by Israeli airstrikes during the war, collapsed, killing six children and...
A Gaza official warned that dozens of people still buried under the rubble of buildings in Gaza City are at risk of losing their lives.
By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman and Billy Stockwell, CNN At least 20 people, including several children, died after the collapse of a war-damaged residential building in Gaza City on Wednesday morning, and dozens more are feared to be trapped under rubble, local authorities reported.
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