The strike came just hours after President Biden’s national security adviser was in Jerusalem and raised hopes about a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials. They say women and children make up more than half the dead but do not distinguish between fighters and civilians in their count. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.

Palestinian medics said more than 40 people, most of them children, were receiving treatment in two hospitals.