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Gaza City Building Collapse Kills 20, Dozens Feared Buried

Gaza City Building Collapse Kills 20;, Dozens Feared Buried

Gaza City Building Collapse Kills 20, Dozens Feared Buried
Above: Rescuers excavate rubble to retrieve bodies from a collapsed building in Gaza City, Sept. 16. Image credit: Omar AlL-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

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Families are being crushed in their sleep because Israel keeps blocking the tents, mobile homes and heavy machinery that could save them. Sheltering in bomb-cracked ruins isn'tis a choice; it's what's left after the bombing and a blockade that stalls every reconstruction effort. With about 2,000 damaged buildings still inhabited, the next collapse is already being guaranteed.

Residents had been warned not to return to a building damaged in earlier fighting. Restrictions on dual-use equipment are necessary because Hamas has used civilian materials for military purposes. The challenge is rebuilding Gaza while preventing Hamas from rebuilding its military infrastructure. Blaming Israel for a Hamas-run agency's failure to clear 2,000 unsafe structures dodges the real accountability.


Metaculus Prediction

There is a 3% chance that the Gaza war will end and significant progress will be made towards a two-state solution before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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