The escalation of tensions between Israel and Hamas continued throughout the week and does not look set to end.
Sarah, whose family lives in Gaza, and Johanna, whose relatives are in Israel, have been living in anguish since Monday.
They testify on Europe 1.
For a week, Sarah, a student in France from Gaza, has struggled to reach her parents.
She was only able to speak to them on Saturday.
"Internet is disconnected. They tell me that the building moves when there is bombing."
Growing up in Gaza, the young woman knows what this new conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed groups means.
"I lived there three wars. Now I am in France, safe and sound, but in my head I hear all the time the sound of planes coming to bomb. My body is in France, my soul is in Gaza. Me. also, I am at war. "
In Israel, "they didn't sleep all night because of the warnings"
The war was also invited in the Parisian apartment of Johanna.
"I have my family and in-laws who live in Israel. We watch TV and call them every day. I just spoke with my cousin, who tells me they haven't slept all night. because of the alerts, "she told the microphone of Europe 1. Israel is facing the highest rate of rockets ever fired into its territory, the army said on Sunday.
Since May 10, armed groups in Gaza have launched around 3,000 rockets at Israel.
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Opposite, 181 Palestinians, including 52 children, have perished in Israeli army raids since Monday, according to a latest Palestinian report. This new intensification of the conflict comes a few hours before a meeting of the UN Security Council, whose members have been called on by the ICRC "to exercise the maximum influence to put an end to hostilities".