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

What the report says

At least 20 people, including women and children, were killed when a residential building collapsed in Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera’s report citing the Gaza Civil Defence and local media. The six-storey apartment block in the Tal al-Hawa area came down on Wednesday after sustaining earlier damage in Israeli attacks, the report said. The collapse also struck nearby homes and tents.

Rescue workers continued searching through the debris for missing people, and authorities said dozens were feared trapped beneath the rubble. A Civil Defence spokesperson told Al Jazeera that teams were still recovering bodies and looking for survivors, and said nearly 100 Palestinians may still be under the collapsed structure. The article did not provide an independent confirmation of that figure.

The report said the building had been cracked and left structurally unstable by previous strikes before it failed. It also placed the incident in the broader context of widespread destruction in Gaza, where many buildings have been damaged and shortages of construction materials have complicated repairs. That backdrop has left some displaced families returning to unsafe homes, according to the article. The collapse underscores the continuing civilian toll of the conflict and the dangers posed by damaged infrastructure in densely populated areas.