Building Partially Collapses
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Three years of Israel’s war has left families in Gaza living in damaged buildings, with few safe alternatives available.
A deadly building collapse in Gaza has highlighted ongoing hardships for Palestinians nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Gaza rescuers on Wednesday searched through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 20 Palestinians including children and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble.
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Rescue crews in Gaza pull survivors from a collapsed building as cries for help echo beneath the rubble, witnesses say.
The tragedy “underscores the grave risks” Palestinian families face living under dire conditions in Gaza, a U.N. official said.
Abdelrahman Azzam, 6, was pulled alive from the rubble of a building collapse in Gaza City that killed at least 21 people, including his mother and brother. The collapse underscores the deadly choice many Gaza residents face — living in tents or in buildings rendered structurally unsound after years of conflict.
The status report was filed in pending PIL by law student Aniket Kumar Gupta, seeking urgent medical care and rehabilitation of affected students, Rs 1 crore compensation to kin of deceased and preservation of crucial evidence relating to the collapse.