Dozens of people were injured and an unknown number trapped after a structure collapsed at a Tel Aviv building site on Monday, officials said.
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Channel 10 TV said the building came down after a crane fell on it.
Paramedics were called to the scene on Monday morning.
At least three people were killed and about 20 others were injured, police said.
Teams worked all night to search for survivors inside the wreckage of the multilevel parking garage under construction that collapsed. “They say some movement shook the building”.
Tel Aviv Police Chief Chico Edri also confirmed at a press conference later that five people were missing.
Four more people were feared trapped inside the underground structure in the Ramat Hahayal neigbourhood, on the corner of Habarzel Street and Nehoshet Street.
“It is a very tough arena for rescue, it is really life threatening”, Eli Bin, the head of Israel’s rescue service MDA told Israeli media.
He said “the chances of finding anyone alive” was less likely with each passing hour, according to The Times of Israel.
The IDF Home Front Command deployed search and rescue teams and doctors to the site, including teams from the Ram, Shaham, and Tavor battalions.
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Mr Odeh highlighted the plight of construction workers, many of them Palestinian, who often work in unsafe conditions.
