Israeli forces attack cities and refugee camps, killing up to 80 people and forcing thousands more to flee.

At least 20 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed when an Israeli strike hit a residential building near the Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Rafah, as the besieged Gaza Strip suffered a spate of attacks throughout the day that killed dozens of people .

“The airstrike has completely leveled the residential building full of displaced people,” Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum said, reporting on the aftermath of Thursday’s Israeli attack near the Kuwaiti hospital.

“So far, rescue operations by ambulances and civil defense have continued to rescue people from under the rubble.”

Palestinian authorities said Thursday that at least 50 people were killed as Israel bombed every corner of the Gaza Strip, where more than 21,320 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 90 percent of the population displaced.

Israel has stepped up attacks across the Gaza Strip, targeting Beit Lahiya, Khan Younis, Rafah and Maghazi on Thursday, despite global outrage and calls for a ceasefire amid rising death tolls.

Palestinians in the besieged enclave said they did nowhere safe flee. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for Gaza’s health ministry, said on Thursday that more than 200 people had been killed in 24 hours entire families extinguished.

More than 55,000 Palestinians have been injured since Israel launched a military offensive following Hamas attacks on October 7 in southern Israel that killed nearly 1,200 people – the country’s deadliest attack since its founding in 1948.

Israel’s attack on Gaza has become one of the most destructive in modern history, causing enormous humanitarian damage and prompting accusations of a terrorist campaign Collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.

An Israeli official on Thursday blamed the high death toll in the Christmas Eve attack on the Maghazi refugee camp about unsuitable ammunition. The attack killed more than 70 people, sparking global outrage.

Nearly three months after fighting began, Hamas militants continue to mount fierce resistance against Israeli forces, including in the northern Gaza Strip, where sustained Israeli attacks have left the area unrecognizable.

An Israeli siege has also severely limited the situation Access to foodfuel, water and electricity, and U.N. officials have said an estimated 25 percent of Gaza’s people are starving.

“It’s hard enough to find your daily meal, to find drinking water, when so many people are gathered in one city,” Mohammed Thabet, a Gaza resident, told Abu Azzoum after the strike Rafah.

“The proximity to the Egyptian border in the far south of the Gaza Strip makes people feel like they can’t do anything else, like they just have to wait and hope for the best.”

Asked whether he felt safe in the southern Gaza Strip, Thabet said: “From what we have seen, not at all. There is no safe place in Gaza.”

The United States has played a role indispensable role in Israel’s war, to provide it with Weapon packs and strong diplomatic support as Israel comes under increasing pressure to end the fighting.

Israel has vowed to press on, expanding its offensive and pushing further south into areas where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge.