Dozens of people have been killed or unaccounted for after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, a hospital director and the civil defence agency said.

One strike on a residential area near the Kamal Adwan hospital in the territory left “dozens of people” dead or missing, the facility’s director Hossam Abu Safiya told AFP.

The process of retrieving the bodies and wounded continues, he said, adding: “Bodies arrive at the hospital in pieces.”