Global impact

陈小将

The conflict has had a global impact, with several countries reporting their citizens being killed, abducted or missing.

CCTV World Express posted on its Weibo account that a Chinese worker was injured by a stray bullet near Ashkelon in southern Israel on Saturday and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Chinese media outlet Yangcheng Evening News reported that according to a local Chinese organization in Israel, at least three Chinese nationals were shot amid the conflict, while the whereabouts of another four Chinese remain unknown so far.

China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it is in the process of verifying information on Chinese nationals harmed in the conflict.

"Based on what we have learned, the Chinese nationals who have been wounded are being treated in hospital and their conditions are generally stable," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular news conference on Tuesday.

Since the outbreak of the conflict, China has expressed that it opposes and condemns violence against civilians in Israel and the Palestinian territories.