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But Clyde shipbuilding had long been in decline, people were moving out and the cheap flats were increasingly bought up as rental investments.

The flats are barely furnished, with just a mattress and blankets on the floor.

Footage from the Israeli city of Ashkelon showed flashes in the sky as sirens wailed and an explosion at the bottom of a block of flats during the rocket attack on Sunday night.

"Which is to get rid of the current tenants who have been here a long time, in order to have short-term tourist flats, or simply to hike up the rent."

One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.