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Auto park collapses in Tel Aviv; rescue operation underway

Mr Odeh highlighted the plight of construction workers, many of them Palestinian, who often work in unsafe conditions.

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The Israeli military has dispatched search and rescue teams in a bid to find at least five people missing, feared buried, at the scene.

Tel Aviv Two people were killed and at least four were still buried alive last night after a auto park collapsed.

Israeli police say a building in Tel Aviv has collapsed.

Earlier on Tuesday, Luba Samri, a spokeswoman for the police, said a third body was extracted.

Initial reports suggested that a construction crane collapsed but later reports said it was not clear what caused the structure to buckle.

Israel’s police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said around 30 people had been injured in the collapse. The construction worker showed no signs of life when the rescuers finally reached him, about 24 hours after the collapse.

The site in northern Tel Aviv is home to many restaurants and high-tech businesses.

Israeli medics and emergency units carry respond to the scene of a collapsed vehicle park in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2016.

Magen David Adom reported that it was treating 18 injured people, and at least three people were known to remain missing at the scene of the four-story underground structure.

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Israel has a high number of construction accidents, compared to other developed countries.

Rescue personnel digging in the search for missing workers at a construction site collapse in Tel Aviv Sept. 5 2016