Raad Abu al-Qia'an, a contract worker for Israel's Defense Ministry, was killed on Tuesday in a building collapse in the Gaza Strip. The incident happened at about 1:00 p.m. in the Jabaliya area, where forces were operating to demolish structures.
According to the report, a building collapsed on the contractor while he was working there with an excavator. The Israel Defense Forces said the victim was an employee of a contractor company carrying out engineering work on behalf of the Defense Ministry and that he died in what it called an operational accident.
His family was informed. The report did not give his age or hometown, and no further details were released about the circumstances of the collapse or whether anyone else was hurt.