The number of people killed in an Israeli strike on the Gazan town of Beit Lahiya has risen to 60, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
There are 17 others still missing under the rubble of the residential building that was hit, an official added.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that most of those killed in the strike were women and children, citing medics.
Israel has increased its military operations in the north of Gaza in the last month as it tries to stop Hamas from regrouping in the enclave after more than a year of fighting.
Since then, the health ministry says hundreds of people have been killed and more than 60,000 others displaced under evacuation orders.
The UN’s secretary-general warned last week the “widespread devastation and deprivation” caused by Israel’s military operations in the north of Gaza have made life “untenable” for the population there.
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