War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 20 people sheltering inside

Gaza ‌rescuers on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) searched through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, ​killing at least 20 Palestinians including children and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble.

Tens ⁠of thousands of Palestinians are living in some 2,000 buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza.

Rescue workers from Gaza’s civil defence said at least 20 people, including six children, were killed and 14 others injured when the seven-storey building ‌collapsed. Nearly 100 more people were believed to be under the rubble.

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A video obtained by Reuters showed rescue workers trying to pull out two people from under a collapsed ‌wall. Another video on social media showed Gaza’s civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal carrying a little ‌girl, ⁠wrapped in a blood-stained scarf.