War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 12 people seeking shelter inside

Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble.

The incident highlights the ongoing danger for tens of thousands of Palestinians who live in an estimated 2,000 damaged buildings due to Israeli airstrikes across Gaza.

On Tuesday Israeli airstrikes on a vehicle killed at least two Palestinians, one a child, and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a double tap strike in the northern Gaza Strip neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, according to medics.

The Israeli military said it had struck a militant in the area, without elaborating, and separately that it struck a Hamas commander in the Rafah Brigade, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

On Wednesday rescue workers from the civil defense said at least 12 people, including five children, were killed and 14 others injured when the seven-storey building collapsed. Nearly 100 more people were believed to be trapped under the rubble.

A video obtained by Reuters showed rescue workers trying to pull out two people from under a collapsed wall. Another video circulated on…

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