Gaza building collapse kills at least 21 as war-damaged structures threaten displaced residents

In Gaza, a building already broken by war finally gave way, taking at least twenty-one lives — most of them displaced families who had sought refuge there simply because no safer place existed. The collapse is not merely a structural failure; it is the visible consequence of a humanitarian architecture in ruins, where the desperate occupy the dangerous because desperation leaves no other door. It reminds the world that in prolonged conflict, the killing does not always arrive with a flash — sometimes it arrives slowly, through weakened walls and exhausted options.