At least 87 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit several multi-story buildings overnight Saturday on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the enclave’s health ministry said. The number killed includes 27 bodies retrieved so far and 60 people under the rubble.

Palestinian health officials said telecoms and internet services were down for a second day, hampering rescue operations.

Israel’s military intensified operations there just days after Biden suggested the death of Hamas’s leader could usher in an end to the ruinous war.