MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. There is panic in the Gaza Strip because Israel continues to carry out airstrikes, Aliya Zaripova, spokesperson for the Russian Mission to the Palestinian National Authority, told TASS.

When asked if there was panic in the Gaza Strip, she said: "Certainly. "Airstrikes continue so the situation is not getting better," she said.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again after Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. The Palestinian movement described its attack as a response to the actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Israel announced a total blockade of Gaza and started carrying out strikes on the Palestinian enclave, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.