The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continued into Friday after Israel struck houses and tents in central and southern Gaza on Thursday, as international pressure for a ceasefire continued to grow.

In the early hours Thursday, an Israeli strike hit a tent and a house in the central town of Zawaida, killing at least 12 people, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah.

Among the dead were a couple and their five children, along with three other children.

AP footage showed the building collapsed into a pile of rubble – the lifeless arm of one child sticking out from under a slab of concrete.

Relatives said another child was still missing under the wreckage.

Another strike hit a tent in Deir al-Balah, killing a girl and wounding seven other people, the hospital said.

In the southern city of Khan Younis, an Israeli attack hit an apartment building, killing a man, his pregnant wife and their 10-year-old child as well as another female relative, according to Nasser Hospital, where the bodies were taken.

Israel launched another major ground operation earlier this month in Gaza City, which experts say is experiencing famine. More than 300,000 people have fled, but up to 700,000 are still there, many because they can’t afford to relocate.