Sullivan highlighted continued efforts in the region to achieve a ceasefire, stressing the need to calm tensions and prevent further bloodshed.
Sullivan affirmed the US administration’s strong support for Israel’s security and its right to defend its people against indiscriminate missile attacks.
On Wednesday evening, Farah Haq, deputy spokesperson for the United Nations, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the deaths of civilians in Gaza as “unacceptable”.
Haq added that António Guterres demands “(this) stop immediately” and urges all parties to show maximum restraint.
Haq continued: “Israel must fulfill its obligations under international humanitarian law, including the proportionate use of force and take all possible precautions to avoid harm to civilians and civilian objects when carrying out military operations.
Three Palestinians were killed Thursday at dawn in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
And Sky News Arabia correspondent said Israeli F-16 fighter jets fired a missile at a residential apartment in the town of Hamad, killing three citizens, injuring those inside, some of whom were described as serious, and completely destroying it, causing damage. property of neighboring citizens.
With the destruction of this apartment, the number of houses that have been completely and partially destroyed by Israeli missiles in different parts of the Gaza Strip rises to 14, including in Gaza City and Rafah in the south of the Strip.
The death toll for the third consecutive day reached 22 and 64 injured, mostly children and women, some of whom had critical and serious injuries, in addition to the destruction of apartments, houses, private property, sites and agricultural land.
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