{
  "id": 7732620,
  "title": "War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 12 people seeking shelter inside",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/war-damaged-gaza-building-collapses-killing-12-people-seeking-shelter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T07:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260916/war-damaged-gaza-building-collapses-killing-12-people-seeking-shelter-inside"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gaza rescuers searched through the debris of a bombed apartment building that collapsed overnight, resulting in the death of at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and leaving dozens more trapped beneath the rubble. This tragedy underscores the continued peril faced by tens of thousands of Palestinians inhabiting approximately 2,000 damaged structures following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Civil defense rescue workers reported that the seven-story building's collapse claimed the lives of twelve individuals, including five children, and inflicted injuries on fourteen others. An estimated one hundred people remained trapped under the rubble. A Reuters video captured rescue personnel attempting to extricate two people from beneath a collapsed wall. Another video, shared on social media, depicted Gaza's civil defense spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, carrying a young girl, covered in a blood-stained scarf, in his arms. Raed Al-Dahshan, director of Gaza City's civil defense service, stated that the collapsed building housed ten families, and there was still a possibility of discovering survivors.",
  "summary": "CAIRO/GAZA — 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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Seven-story building collapses in Gaza, killing 12, including five children",
    "At least 14 injured, 100 trapped under rubble following Israeli airstrikes",
    "Ten families lived in the damaged structure, survivors still possible"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Gaza apartment block collapses, killing eight; rescuers search for dozens missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/gaza-apartment-block-collapses-killing-eight-rescuers-search-for",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:14:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Gaza apartment block collapses, killing eight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/gaza-apartment-block-collapses-killing-eight",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:55:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "IDF, Shin Bet confirm killing of Hamas' Rafah Brigade commander in Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/idf-shin-bet-confirm-killing-of-hamas-rafah-brigade-commander-in-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:49:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "War-damaged Gaza building collapses killing 12 people seeking shelter inside",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/war-damaged-gaza-building-collapses-killing-12-people-seeking-shelter-7741666",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:46:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 12 people seeking shelter inside",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/war-damaged-gaza-building-collapses-killing-12-people-seeking-shelter-7737680",
        "published": "2026-09-16T08:02:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "War-damaged Gaza building collapses killing 12 people seeking shelter inside",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/war-damaged-gaza-building-collapses-killing-12-people-seeking-shelter-7744237",
        "published": "2026-09-16T08:20:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}