Gaza House Collapses: Mother Nature Blamed, Not Bombing

Al Jazeera reports a Palestinian family's 'heavily war-damaged' home, sheltering 25 people, collapsed in Gaza City after a winter storm. (Source: Al Jazeera, Dec 21, 2025) The framing suggests an unfortunate act of God, rather than the predictable outcome of sustained, internationally condemned destruction. We're meant to lament the storm, not the fact that the home was already rubble-in-waiting

thanks to months of bombardment . This isn't a climate crisis; it's a structural integrity crisis courtesy of high-explosive ordnance, now exacerbated by predictable seasonal weather. The fact they had 25 people in one compromised structure underlines the systematic demolition of housing in Gaza—over 60% of all homes either damaged or destroyed by January 2024, according to the UN. But sure, blame

the wind and rain. How many times must infrastructure be pulverized before its eventual collapse is no longer presented as a surprise coincidence?

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