The comments from Israel's current top diplomat in Canberra come as his Palestinian equivalent warns of 'hell' in Gaza, while Australians overseas have been urged to get to safety and contact their loved ones.
Israel's current top diplomat in Canberra says "we're not talking about de-escalation now" and expects Australia to back its response to a series of deadly Hamas attacks in its territory. But his Palestinian equivalent has urged the federal government to help avert civilian casualties, warning people in the densely-populated Gaza Strip - currently being bombarded by Israeli airstrikes - face "hell" in the coming weeks.
Abdulhadi urged the international community to "intervene quickly, effectively, properly" to prevent further bloodshed. "Australia has a lot of avenues to do something. In multilateral forums, they can talk in the United Nations, they can talk to the United States. Israel is a friend of Australia, so you can talk to Israelis to de-escalate and restrain any sort of difficult assault on Gaza," he said.
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