Speaking in New York, he said an operation in Rafah would cause more casualties and displacement of civilian.

The latest killing has taken the total martyrdom toll of Palestinians since October last to about thirty four thousand and six hundred.

Israeli airstrikes killed the children while targeting a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

The UN chief while talking to newspersons at UN Headquarters in New York said it is imperative that independent international investigators with forensic expertise are allowed immediate access to the sites of these mass graves.

Around thirty four thousand five hundred Palestinians have been martyred and over seventy seven thousand wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October last year.

Israeli air and drone attacks martyred three Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp and two in Gaza City.

The health ministry in Gaza said that the martyrdom toll of Palestinians has risen to over thirty four thousand and four hundred in Israeli aggression since October 7 last year.