The Israeli military renewed an offensive there earlier this month, saying it was trying to eliminate a regrouped Hamas presence in the area.

An Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza left 87 people dead or missing, the Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday. Rescue efforts are ongoing, but communication issues and ongoing military operations are slowing the response.

A total of 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday on northern Gaza's town of Beit Lahiya, with more than 40 wounded, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.

Palestinians combed through rubble looking for survivors after an overnight Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the town of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, killing dozens of people, according to Palestinian officials.

The U.N. peace envoy for the Middle East on Sunday condemned continued attacks on civilians after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza's Beit Lahiya killed dozens late on Saturday. "This follows weeks of intensified operations resulting in scores of civilian fatalities and near total lack of humanitarian aid reaching populations in the north,

The United Nations has criticised Israel as the death toll continues to rise from an air strike in northern Gaza that is said to have killed dozens of Palestinians.