The death toll increased to 115 civilians, including 25 children, with dozens more missing under the rubble.

According to the Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman, an Israeli air raid on a house in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip has led to the death and injury of “many”.

Mahmoud Basal did not provide a number for the casualties, but said there are no rescue or ambulance teams to help those who have been wounded.

“There are appeals and stress calls for Civil Defence teams to save the wounded,” he said. But the Civil Defence’s teams, he said, have been “forcibly displaced due to the Israeli aggression in North Gaza”, with several of its staff detained as well.

AJ report