UNITED NATIONS, November 1. /TASS/. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is shocked by the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and the killing of Palestinian civilians in strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric said.

"The Secretary General is appalled over the escalating violence in Gaza, including the killing of Palestinians, including women and children, in Israeli airstrikes in residential areas of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp, and those attacks took place yesterday and today," he said during the briefing.