WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after days of violence in the region, BBC reported.

It is to be noted that the international community has been calling for an end to the escalating conflict.

Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed 10 people in a refugee camp earlier and, separately, destroyed a building that housed some foreign media organizations, it said.

Hundreds of Palestinian rockets were fired into Israel, causing one death, according to BBC.

The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the situation.

US envoy Hady Amr has already arrived in Tel Aviv to take part in talks with Israeli, Palestinian and UN officials, and reinforce what US diplomats said was the need for a “sustainable calm”.

Since the fighting began on Monday, at least 145 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, and Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.

(With inputs from BC)