the bodies of 11 Palestinians, including children, and 25 injured people arrived at hospitals in Gaza City, following the collapse of the "Al-Saada" building in the industrial area west of the city.
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Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told a press conference at the scene that the building had been bombed by Israel during the war before it collapsed early Wednesday morning, noting that the fate of about 100 people remained unknown under the rubble.
The government media office in Gaza held the Israeli occupation and the international community "fully responsible" for the building's collapse, warning that thousands of cracked buildings in the sector are at risk of collapsing at any time.
The office called on the world’s countries and international and UN organizations to “intervene immediately to lift the blockade on the sector,” demanding that all crossings be opened and that machinery, equipment and rescue supplies be brought in urgently, to enable rescue teams to reach those trapped under the rubble.
Basal warned that about 2,000 damaged and dilapidated buildings in the Gaza Strip are still inhabited by residents and displaced people, calling on the international community to provide the necessary equipment and machinery to enable rescue teams to recover the missing.
For his part, Gaza Mayor Yahya al-Sarraj said that the collapse of the building "portends the danger of the collapse of more damaged residential buildings," stressing the need to bring in mobile homes before the onset of winter to provide alternatives for residents and displaced people.
Gaza municipality spokesman Hosni Muhanna said that a six-story residential building collapsed at dawn on Wednesday on its residents, explaining that displaced families were staying inside to escape the difficult and harsh conditions of tents.
Muhanna added that rescue teams, municipal crews, and civil defense personnel were able to pull a number of victims from under the rubble, while the search for missing persons continues despite the limited equipment and resources available, warning of the risk of other damaged and cracked residential buildings collapsing in the sector.
Muhanna called for the rapid introduction of heavy and specialized equipment and machinery necessary for rescue operations and rubble removal, while the Anadolu correspondent reported that official institutions in Gaza resorted to using machinery from the private sector due to their lack of heavy equipment.
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