GAZA CITY: For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighborhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute, after fleeing an Israeli demolition strike that collapsed the building in a cloud of black smoke and dust. The Sept. 5 attack on the 15-story Mushtaha Tower marked the start of an intensified Israeli military demolition campaign targeting high-rise buildings ahead of a ground assault toward the heart of the densely populated city, which started this week.

Israel is on the brink of a ground invasion into Gaza City. But before the troops go in, high-rise buildings must fall — and more than a million people must find a new home

GAZA CITY: For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighborhoods.…