Gaza residential building collapse kills six, dozens trapped

A six-story residential building collapsed at dawn Wednesday in southwest Gaza City, killing six people and leaving more than 60 missing or trapped under the rubble.

• The collapse struck the industrial zone while residents slept, killing six people including children and wounding 15, with more than 60 residents reported missing or stuck beneath the debris.
• Gaza's civil defence said the building crumbled onto its residents and tents of displaced families beside it, and that crews had worked with the Gaza municipality since midnight.
• Residents said more than 60 people, mostly displaced families, were living in the building, which had been damaged and cracked during earlier Israeli bombing.
• Civil defence appealed to owners of heavy equipment to help reach those trapped, citing an acute shortage of machinery as rescue teams worked with limited means.
• Gaza's civil defence raised the death toll to eight and said dozens remain missing, revising its earlier count of six killed.
• Gaza's civil defence raised the death toll to 11, including five children, with around 100 people still missing under the rubble.
• Rescuers said they can hear living people beneath the debris but are blocked because Israeli authorities refuse to allow heavy equipment into the strip.
• Civil defence warned that about 2,000 dilapidated buildings across Gaza are at risk of collapse, housing large numbers of residents and displaced people.
• Gaza's medical relief director Muhammad Abu Afash said equipment entering the strip is wholly inadequate, citing an acute fuel shortage and declining medical capacity.
• Abu Afash urged mediators to pressure Israeli authorities to allow rescue equipment and aid in, revealing that over 60% of ambulances are out of service.
• The Government Media Office called for urgent international intervention to lift the blockade and open crossings.
• Gaza's civil defence raised the death toll to at least 12, including children.