Collapse of two damaged buildings due to previous bombing in Gaza

Two buildings damaged by previous Israeli bombing in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, collapsed early Saturday morning due to the effects of the recent low-pressure system accompanied by heavy rains.

The Gaza Civil Defense announced that its crews managed to evacuate residents of the "Return 6" tower, consisting of 7 floors in the Tel al-Hawa area southwest of Gaza City, after cracks and collapse occurred in the last four floors.

The statement indicated that no injuries were recorded due to the incident.

On the other hand, local sources and eyewitnesses reported the collapse of a building belonging to the Mughni family in al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City, without any deaths or injuries.

The sources added that the building had been previously evacuated and damaged by Israeli bombing during the years of the genocide.

Recently, the Gaza Strip has witnessed incidents of collapse of several homes and residential buildings previously damaged by Israeli bombing, due to the impact of heavy rains and winds, leading to the death and injury of a number of Palestinians, according to government sources.

Palestinians are forced to reside in cracked and dilapidated buildings due to the lack of options amid Israel's destruction of most buildings in the sector, and its prevention of importing mobile homes and construction materials and reconstruction, despite more than two months having passed since the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10 last year.

The low-pressure systems that struck the sector caused thousands of tents inhabited by displaced people to flood and fly away, greatly exacerbating their suffering.

Since the beginning of December this year, the repercussions of the low-pressure systems that struck the Gaza Strip have resulted in the death of 17 Palestinians, including 4 children, and the collapse of 17 homes and the flooding of about 90% of the shelters for displaced people whose homes were destroyed by Israel, according to a Wednesday statement from Civil Defense.

Israel shirks its commitments stipulated in the agreement, including opening the crossings and allowing the entry of 300,000 tents and mobile homes to secure the basic level of housing after the massive destruction left by the genocide, which affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure.

The agreement ended a genocide started by Israel on October 8, 2023, lasting two years, leaving more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths and over 171,000 injured, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.