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An apartment building in Gaza City collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing at least 21 people including 11 children. The six-story structure had been damaged from previous Israeli strikes and housed dozens of residents; it crumbled overnight onto nearby homes and tents. Rescuers have worked tirelessly to search for survivors amidst the rubble, but with limited resources like fuel, their efforts are constrained. This incident highlights the precarious living conditions in Gaza as a result of ongoing conflict and shortages of aid and shelter options.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-16,
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On Wednesday, a six- or seven-storey building collapsed in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa area, killing at least 21 people, including 11 children according to one report and eight children according to another. The structure had sustained damage from earlier Israeli strikes during the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Rescuers struggled with bare hands through debris to search for survivors among dozens trapped beneath the rubble. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are estimated to reside in around 2,000 damaged buildings across Gaza, highlighting the dire living conditions following prolonged attacks. Rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of proper machinery, underscoring the urgency and challenges faced by aid workers and volunteers.
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At least 21 people, including 11 children, have died and dozens more are missing after an apartment building collapsed in Gaza from damage sustained in earlier Israeli strikes.
A building housing dozens of people collapsed in Gaza City early Wednesday morning, leaving rescuers clawing with bare hands through rubble until determining that 21 people, including 11 children, had been killed in their sleep.
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people → include → sleep
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.
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which → have → authority
The sudden collapse of the building, which was known to be unstable because of damage from Israeli strikes earlier in the war, underscored how perilous and desperate living conditions have grown for the majority of the enclave’s population as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas stalls.
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deal → know → Israel
Excavators bearing Egyptian flags worked to remove the debris next to rows of tents for displaced people, while rescuers and volunteers carried out the dead wrapped in white plastic body bags.
"My friend and neighbours live in this building.
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friend → bear → building
I came to help my friend retrieve some clothes and mattresses.
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friend → come → clothes
He currently has no shelter or home," said Mohannad Al-Mashharawi.
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Mashharawi → have → shelter
"The lack of options and alternatives left them with no other choice," said Aboud Majdalawi, a rescuer with Gaza's civil defense.
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Majdalawi → leave → defense
All of Gaza’s roughly 2 million people now live in a stretch of land that makes up less than half the territory.
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that → live → territory
They remain dependent on aid and are surrounded by Israeli troops who carry out strikes or attacks on a near-daily basis.
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who → remain → basis
In the aftermath of the collapse, people were searching desperately for loved ones or their remains.
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people → search → ones
A group of men was seen carrying the headless body of a child.
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group → see → child
Others sat atop a pile of rubble, pulling desperately at flashes of color they believed could be clothing worn by a survivor.
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they → sit → survivor
All they found were dust-caked blankets wedged in the debris.
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they → find → debris
The collapse comes as rescuers in the Gaza Strip are trying to unearth hundreds of bodies from buildings collapsed by Israeli strikes earlier in the war.
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rescuers → come → war
They have just a few working excavators, and their fuel supply is dwindling.
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supply → have → excavators
On Wednesday, the U.N. human rights chief said that he worried that the bodies recovered so far are just the "tip of the iceberg."
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bodies → say → iceberg
Despite an October ceasefire that has reduced fighting in Gaza, Israel has continued to carry out strikes, killing at least 1,375 people since the agreement went into effect, according to local health officials.
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agreement → reduce → officials
The nearly three-year Israel-Hamas war has killed more than 73,789 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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war → kill → Ministry
The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, maintains detailed records viewed as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and international organizations.
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ministry → run → agencies
It doesn’t distinguish between civilians and militants, but says women and children make up around half the toll.
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women → distinguish → toll
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