Photos: Gaza building collapse kills 20, including women and children

Israeli-hit apartment building collapsed in Gaza City, killing 20 and leaving dozens trapped under the rubble.

People search through the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in Gaza City. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed and dozens more are feared trapped under the rubble after a Gaza apartment building collapsed following damage sustained in earlier Israeli attacks, authorities in the Palestinian enclave have said.

The six-storey building, which had four apartments on each floor, crumbled on Wednesday onto nearby homes and tents in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City, according to the Civil Defence.

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the agency, told Al Jazeera, “Civil Defence teams are still working to recover martyrs from under the rubble and search for missing people. Until now, there are nearly 100 Palestinians still under the rubble of this building.”

Local media reported that the building had previously been hit by Israeli strikes, leaving it cracked and structurally unsound before it collapsed.

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has destroyed or damaged thousands of buildings across the besieged territory, and Israel has severely restricted the entry of construction materials needed for repairs.

With so many Palestinians left homeless and severe shortages of construction materials, many displaced families have been forced to return to homes damaged by Israeli bombardment.

Volunteers and rescuers carry a body recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building in Gaza City. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed. [Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

Dozens of Palestinians are feared trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Gaza Civil Defence said its teams are still working to recover bodies. [Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

Nearly 100 Palestinians are still under the rubble, according to Gaza Civil Defence. [Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

Rescuers search through the rubble to retrieve bodies from the collapsed building. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

Volunteers and rescuers carry a body recovered from the rubble. [AFP]

以色列袭击加沙城的一栋公寓楼倒塌，造成 20 人死亡，数十人被困在废墟下。

人们在加沙城一栋倒塌的居民楼废墟中搜寻物品。[马哈茂德·伊萨/路透社]

巴勒斯坦加沙地带当局表示，一栋公寓楼在以色列早前的袭击中受损后倒塌，造成至少 20 人死亡，其中包括妇女和儿童，另有数十人被困在废墟下。

据民防部门称，这栋六层楼高的建筑，每层有四套公寓，周三在加沙城塔尔哈瓦地区倒塌，砸中了附近的房屋和帐篷。

该机构发言人马哈茂德·巴萨尔告诉半岛电视台：“民防队仍在努力从废墟下搜寻遇难者遗体和失踪人员。截至目前，仍有近100名巴勒斯坦人被埋在这座建筑的废墟下。”

当地媒体报道称，该建筑此前曾遭到以色列空袭，导致其出现裂缝，结构不稳，最终倒塌。

以色列对加沙发动的种族灭绝战争摧毁或损坏了被围困地区数千座建筑物，以色列还严格限制了维修所需的建筑材料的进入。

由于大量巴勒斯坦人流离失所，建筑材料严重短缺，许多流离失所的家庭被迫返回被以色列轰炸破坏的家园。

志愿者和救援人员抬着从加沙城倒塌建筑物废墟中找到的一具遗体。[奥马尔·阿尔-卡塔/法新社]

至少20人遇难，其中包括妇女和儿童。[Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

据信数十名巴勒斯坦人被困在倒塌建筑物的废墟下。[马哈茂德·伊萨/路透社]

加沙民防部门表示，其队伍仍在努力搜寻遇难者遗体。[Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

据加沙民防部门称，仍有近100名巴勒斯坦人被埋在废墟下。[Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu]

救援人员在废墟中搜寻，试图从倒塌的建筑物中取出遇难者遗体。[奥马尔·阿尔-卡塔/法新社]

志愿者和救援人员抬着从废墟中找到的一具遗体。[法新社]