Pulled from the rubble after 7 hours - Civil Defense rescue

No.

5526

Date

23 September, 2024

Location

📍 Gaza - Gaza City - Sheikh Radwan

Original Social Media Post

"Palestinian civil defense crews rescued a Palestinian youth after 7 hours of a hard rescue operation due to the lack of equipment and heavy machinery. The young man was trapped under the rubble of a home that collapsed after a nearby home was bombed in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza city."
- Source

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Archivist Notes: Building collapse in Sheikh Radwan - Abu Al-Omrain, Abu Al-Auf, Al-Nafar, & Al-Shawa families

Ongoing event - will update as new information is reported.

Sept 27th: After nearly 75 hours under the rubble, the bodies of the child Rima Abu Al-Omrain, 8 years old, and her sister Amal, a year and a half old, were recovered after their house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood collapsed due to the ongoing occupation shelling, while their mother is still under the rubble.

Sept 27th - update Martyrs of the Abu Al-Omrain family, whose bodies have been recovered until now

    1. Najah Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Misk Zuhair Abu Al-Amrain
    1. Muhammad Nayef Abu Al-Aoun
    1. Ahlam Adel Radwan
    1. Ahmed Al Shawa
    1. Saba Magdy Abu Al-Amrain
    1. Rahaf Magdy Abu Al-Amrain
    1. Izz al-Din Nabil Abu al-Amrain
    1. Suhaib Abu Al-Amrain
    1. Nour El-Din Abu Al-Aoun
    1. Retal Nabil Abu Al Omrain
    1. Amal Nabil Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Raja Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Yasmine Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Rima Abu Al-Amrain
    1. Amal Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Ikhlas Abu Al-Omrain
    1. Raja Abu Al-Aoun

Sept 26th A mother and her daughter were pulled out after more than 20 hours of a house collapsing on the heads of its residents in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

Sept 25th Civil defense crews work to recover the bodies of Palestinians and rescue the injured without tools or equipment in the Gaza Strip.

Sept 24th - 7:30pm UPDATE

  • Four more bodies were pulled out of the collapsed residential building belonging to the Abu Al-Omrain family in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pond, west of Gaza City. Nine citizens are still under the rubble.

Sept 24th - 5:30am UPDATE

  • Civil Defense: Our crews succeeded tonight in saving the lives of a woman and her child from the Shawa family who were trapped under the rubble of the building that collapsed on displaced families in the Sheikh Radwan area, northwest of the city.

Sept 23rd - 9pm UPDATE

  • Civil Defense update: "Martyrs and wounded as a result of the collapse of a residential building belonging to the Abu Al-Omrain family in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, west of Gaza City. A number are still missing under the rubble."

Sept 23rd - 8pm UPDATE

Civil Defense in Gaza:

▪️ Rescue crews continue their attempts to reach the missing under the rubble of a residential building that collapsed on them in the Sheikh Radwan area, and appeals to owners of cattle and heavy equipment to come to help

▪️ The residential building is located in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, northwest of Gaza City, and consists of 6 floors.

▪️ The building had been severely damaged and cracked by Israeli shelling that targeted it and a number of neighboring houses during the past months.

▪️ Four families took refuge in this building to find temporary shelter after being displaced from various areas due to Israeli incursions. It housed between 20 and 25 people from the families of Abu Al-Omrain, Abu Al-Auf, Al-Nafar, and Al-Shawa.

▪️ Rescue crews rushed to the scene of the incident as soon as the building collapse was reported and began working with the available tools and equipment. They were able to rescue 7 people and retrieve 2 martyrs, while about 13-16 people are still missing under the rubble.

▪️ Rescue crews continue their search operations and were able to contact a living person trapped under the rubble, and are trying hard to reach him with the available capabilities.

▪️ The event is large and requires heavy rescue equipment such as bulldozers and rams due to the collapse of all six floors.

▪️ We appeal to the owners of cattle and heavy equipment to quickly head to the site of the building to help rescue what can be rescued from under the rubble.


EARLY COVERAGE - September 23rd, 2024:

2pm: - Sept 23

  • The search for martyrs and missing persons under the rubble of the Abu Al-Omrain family home, continued and after 7 hours they successfully rescued the young man Hassan.

1:45pm: - Sept 23

  • A number of injuries arrived at Sheikh Radwan Clinic, including women and children, most urgently a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy in critical condition, as a result of the collapse. Source

12:45pm - Sept 23

  • A number of Palestinians were killed, others were injured and others are missing after the collapse of a residential building belonging to the Abu Al-Omrain family. The occupation had recently bombed neighboring buildings in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, north of Gaza City. Source

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