Gaza building collapses after heavy rain, residents missing

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Gaza's civil defence members searched for survivors on Friday (Dec 12) at the site of a collapsed house in Beit Lahiya that was brought down by heavy rain.  Officials said Rescue teams were still working to pull people from under the rubble, but lack of equipment was slowing down the operation   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Gaza Civil Defense searched for survivors on Friday at a Beit Lahiya house collapsed by heavy rain.

00:06Neighbors heard a loud bang only to find the house in rubble.

00:10Officials said the rescue efforts were ongoing, but the lack of equipment was slowing operations.

00:30We will remove all the children from this Kareem family from the country.

00:35But what is necessary for us in the rescue of the land is the rescue of the land, the rescue of the land, the rescue of the land.

00:43The workers are still there. We are still there in the rescue of the land, but we will be able to rescue the land.

00:50Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans face flooding from heavy rains, with shelter

00:58and sandbag supplies blocked from entering the enclave.

01:01Torrential rain on Thursday flooded 27,000 tents, caused at least 12 deaths or missing

01:07persons and collapsed 13 buildings.

01:10Nearly 795,000 people remain at risk in unsafe, low-lying shelters, with poor drainage-raising

01:17disease risks.

01:20Now, let us to the end of a break.

01:30The crown is a fortress.

01:36The crown is a fortress.

01:41The crown is a fortress.

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