Two French children were killed in the Gaza Strip and their mother and a third child were injured, the French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, according to AFP.

Israeli aircraft hit a building in the Gaza StripPhoto: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Profimedia

“France was saddened to learn of the deaths of two French children who were in the northern Gaza Strip with their French mother, who is also believed to have been injured, and her third child,” the Quai d’Orsay said in a statement. . the circumstances of the death are not specified.

The Israeli army on Tuesday carried out an airstrike on several houses in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The director of an Indonesian hospital in Gaza told Al Jazeera that “more than 50 people” were killed.

Al Jazeera also quoted Ahmad al-Kahlout, director of civil defense in northern Gaza, as saying: “Hundreds of citizens live in these buildings. The Air Force destroyed the area with six American-made bombs. This is the latest massacre caused by Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. The international community must act now to stop Israel before it is too late.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday again called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and humanitarian access “to meet the urgent needs caused by the ongoing catastrophe” in the Palestinian territories, The Guardian reported.

Guterres said he was “deeply concerned” by the escalation of the conflict: “I condemn the killing of civilians in Gaza and am appalled by reports that two-thirds of the dead are women and children.”

The UN chief also called again for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held by Hamas.

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