20 شهيدا و100 مفقود في انهيار مبنى متصدّع في غزّة was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 02:25 UTC. The event is classified as a building collapse incident with a severity rating of Minor, and was detected through GNEWS.
Reported in media coverage. Found by our incident harvester, which queries each country's press in its own language, one incident category at a time (collapse). Original headline: "20 شهيدا و100 مفقود في انهيار مبنى متصدّع في غزّة - المساء".
Understanding building collapse events
Partial or total structural failure of a building, wall or under-construction structure. Collapses cluster around a small set of causes: unauthorised extra floors, substandard concrete, removal of load-bearing walls during renovation, water damage to foundations, and gas explosions. Trapped-person survival depends heavily on how fast heavy rescue equipment arrives.
How severity is rated
Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Minor. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.
Safety guidance for building collapse situations
- Do not enter a partially collapsed structure; specialist heavy rescue teams are needed.
- If trapped, protect your airway from dust, tap on pipes or walls rather than shouting, and conserve energy.
- Report any known trapped people and their likely location to rescue coordinators.
- Keep clear of the perimeter — secondary collapse is common in the hours after failure.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from GNEWS and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
Keep watching the situation on our live world incident map, browse every building collapses we track on the Building Collapse tracker, or see today's global picture on the incidents today page.
Timeline and sources
Reported
Reported by News reports (Google News). Not independently confirmed. Copies of one syndicated story are counted once.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 02:25 UTCFirst report News report
First recorded from News reports (Google News).
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 08:18 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "बरेली में मूसलाधार बारिश में हादसा, दीवार गिरने से महिला की मौत"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 10:08 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "গাজায় ইসরাইলি হামলায় ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত ভবন ধস, নিহত ২১"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 09:17 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "صحة غزة: 5 شهداء فى قصف إسرائيلي و21 ضحايا انهيار مبنى سكنى"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 12:52 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "انتهاء البحث بعد وفاة 21 في انهيار مبنى متضرر من القصف في غزة وإنقاذ 45"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 07:38 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "غزة: أطفال ورضع بين ضحايا انهيار مبنى متصدع بالقصف ومخاوف من كارثة جديدة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 13:22 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "مقتل 21 نازحاً في انهيار مبنى متضرر جراء الحرب في غزة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 15:57 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "انهيار مبنى في غزة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 09:19 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "مقتل 21 نازحا في انهيار مبنى متضرر من القصف في غزة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 02:44 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "مقتل 20 شخصا وفقدان عشرات على الأقل إثر انهيار مبنى سكني في مدينة غزة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 08:02 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "انهيار مبنى متضرر من القصف في غزة يوقع قتلى وجرحى بين النازحين"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 22:13 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "السعودية توزّع خيام وسلال غذائية على المتضررين من انهيار مبنى سكني في قطاع غزة"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 19:21 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "مأساة تحت الأنقاض: 21 قتيلاً و45 ناجياً في انهيار مبنى بغزة و8 أطفال بين الضحايا"
-
· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 19:07 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "مساعدات إغاثية فورية لمتضرري انهيار مبنى السعادة في غزة"
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 14 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.