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Tripoli Building Collapse Kills 14 as Search Ends With 8 Survivors Rescued

The government moved to evacuate unsafe buildings with housing allowances for displaced families.

Overview

  • Civil defence officials said recovery efforts concluded Monday with 14 bodies found and eight people pulled alive from the two-block structure in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
  • The cabinet ordered assessments and evacuations of 114 at‑risk buildings within a month, prepared emergency shelters, pledged a year of housing allowances, and plans to reinforce salvageable blocks or demolish those at imminent risk.
  • Justice Minister Adel Nassar directed the north’s public prosecutor to open an immediate investigation into the collapse.
  • Tripoli’s mayor said at least 600 buildings require reinforcement, citing years of neglect, illegal construction and quake damage compounded by Lebanon’s economic crisis.
  • Residents gathered at the site in anger as security forces deployed, while Amnesty International urged sustained reparations and reported the municipal council had submitted its resignation.