SYDNEY&nbsp;—&nbsp;Australia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (April 2)&nbsp;it was seeking to confirm reports that one of its citizens died in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

"The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is urgently seeking to confirm reports that an Australian aid worker has died in Gaza," it said in a statement.

"These reports are very distressing."

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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 29, 2024. 

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SYDNEY — Australia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (April 2) it was seeking to confirm reports that one of its citizens died in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Gaza. "The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is urgently seeking to confirm reports that an Australian aid worker has died in Gaza," it said in a statement. "These reports are very...

Australia says it is trying to confirm death of citizen in Gaza