Seventeen Palestinians, including children, die as buildings collapse in Gaza Seventeen Palestinians, including 4 children, died after buildings collapsed in the Gaza Strip due to the extreme cold, Al Jazeera reported, citing Civil Defence in Gaza. A Palestinian worker involved in a rubble management project manuevers a digger used to shift concrete, metal and the debris of destroyed buildings and houses, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on 13 December, 2025. (AFP)