Rescuers: 1 dead in Tel Aviv building collapse

They said some 20 people had been treated for injuries.

Israel’s national rescue service says one person has been killed in a Tel Aviv building collapse.

Other officials said those trapped in the parking were only construction workers.

The cause of the collapse remains unclear.

Israeli TV broadcast footage showing a large, crater-like hole in the ground, and twisted support beams as rescue teams, accompanied by search dogs, dug through the rubble.

The rescue efforts are being led by the military’s Home Front Command, which is often sent to disaster zones around the world to help locate victims from earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters. Now in day three, most feel the rescue operation has become a recovery mission as some people are still believed trapped under the concrete slabs. The garage collapsed during a lunch hour, when some construction workers were eating outside.

“Everything fell down in one second”, he said.

The four-story parking garage was still under construction when it collapsed in a high-tech area of northern Tel Aviv.

“It was only construction workers”.