In the predawn hours of a Wednesday in Gaza City, a residential building already broken by war finally gave way entirely, burying six families beneath its collapse. Rescue workers and neighbors dug by hand through the rubble, pulling children alive from the debris as cries rose from deeper within the wreckage. The scene is not an isolated tragedy but a recurring consequence of a territory where thousands of bomb-damaged structures remain occupied because there is nowhere else to go, and where the tools needed to respond to their failure have been systematically withheld.
Gaza building collapse traps six families as rescue crews dig through rubble
Six families trapped in collapsed building; multiple survivors including children extracted from rubble; casualties status unclear.