The director-general of the Gaza Government Media Office, Ismail al-Thawabta, says at least 93 people have been killed, and 40 are missing after an Israeli attack on a residential building housing displaced people in Beit Lahiya, Al Jazeera reports.

Al-Thawabta told Al Jazeera Arabic that dozens of wounded were arriving at Kamal Adwan Hospital, which stopped working, and no one could treat them.

He added that the building Israel attacked housed 200 people. So far, 83 people have been buried.

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