France condemned the bloody bombing of a United Nations shelter center in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “comply with international humanitarian law,” according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The French Foreign Ministry stressed the need to "protect United Nations sites and humanitarian workers whose work is essential for the civilian population in Gaza," recalling that "protecting civilians is both a moral duty and an international obligation."

Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, Thomas White, said that two tank shells hit a United Nations building in Khan Yunis on Wednesday, where thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering, killing 13 people.