Disaster at a construction site in Givat-Zeev: Two construction workers in their 30s were killed

Two construction workers in their 30s were killed on Monday afternoon and another worker was moderately injured as a result of collapsing scaffolding at a construction site on Rakfat Street in Givat Ze'ev. The police began examining and collecting evidence and findings at the scene and representatives of the Ministry of Labor were called to the scene to investigate the case.
The incident was reported at MDA's 101 hotline in the Jerusalem area at 12:04 p.m. Scaffolding on an exterior wall of a 12-story construction site collapsed and three workers were trapped under them. Medium to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem.
MDA medics Eli Raimonud and Moshe Blach said that "when we arrived there was a commotion and we heard shouts, we saw a pile of scaffolding that had collapsed from a height of a 12-story building. We noticed some workers walking around the place after having an anxiety attack. We tried to get information from the site managers about how many workers were working at the site at the same time to make sure they were all located."
They added that "three workers were trapped under the scaffolding, the first one was rescued fully conscious and he is suffering from bruises on his stomach and limbs. After many minutes, another worker was rescued, a man in his 30s, with multi-system injuries and no signs of life, and within a short time we had to determine his death. After For almost two hours, in complex and prolonged rescue operations, the third worker who was captured was rescued without signs of life and his death was determined on the spot."
One of the workers at the site said that the scaffolding fell from a height of about 30 meters on the workers who were working below. "We heard a boom and saw dust. We didn't understand what happened, we thought sand was being poured," he said. "There were three workers up there, working on the scaffolding and they fell with them. It was scary, we couldn't help them." Another worker said: "The great luck that everyone was at meal time and only six workers were working on the scaffolding."
Another worker, Hassan Waedan, said that "the entire scaffolding was shaking and was held by only one iron rod. We told the foreman, the manager said, 'Take it apart, I want to finish my work, I'm not interested.'"
The construction project was done by the Abu Ayash Brothers Company. The site is beyond the green line and therefore the safety regulations at work do not apply to it as in the rest of Israel. In November 2021, the organization "Ku LeOved" sent a letter to Central Command General Yehuda Fox requesting to apply the safety instructions in all areas of Judea and Samaria. Fox replied that a draft was drawn up to amend the legislation on the subject and it was forwarded to the relevant government ministries.