Building collapse

After Iran’s missile strikes, Israeli team develops rapid AI building‑map tool

A Technion–Haifa University project uses public architectural records to give rescuers structural layouts in under 30 seconds.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Emergency workers gather in the early hours of March 22, 2026 at the site of an Iranian missile strike hours earlier in Arad, Israel. Dozens were wounded in the strike, which Israel's air-defence system failed to intercept.
Rescue workers search for survivors among debris as a nine-storey building under construction collapsed in Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, May 24, 2026.

Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped after Philippines building collapse

Ambulances were on standby, and fire trucks had been deployed to assist in the rescue, Pelayo said, adding that moving the concrete debris was a challenge for rescuers.

|ByREUTERS
Home Front Command rescue teams seen at the scene of a collapsed building in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2026.

Six-story apartment building collapses in central Tel Aviv, injuring two

Emergency services are working to determine whether people are trapped under the rubble or simply inaccessible.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, MAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

Mahanoy City’s first Jewish congregation dates back to 1888, having laid the cornerstone for the former Beth Israel Synagogue in 1923.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Crane collapses on building in Rishon Lezion - watch

MDA Spokesperson's Unit reported that there do not seem to be any injured outside the wreckage as the teams advance to scanning the area for people trapped underneath.

APRIL 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Emergency personnel survey the site of a building collapse in Beitar Illit on December 4th.

Two people seriously injured in a building collapse in Ashdod

The building was two stories high, and the explosion caused the ceiling of the first floor to collapse, seriously injuring the occupants of the building.

MARCH 14, 2019ByALON HACHMON
Rescue teams work to recover people from the building collapse in Ashdod