Amid rising tensions in Gaza, Indian nationals living there are safe and have been instructed to restrict there movements.

"Some of the Indians living here left for Tel Aviv or Ramallah but all those staying here are safe," Sister Alphonso from Mother Teresa's Missionaries and Charities told PTI.

The charity runs old age and children houses in Gaza and the West Bank.

"The Indian embassy has been regularly in touch with us. We are staying at home and are safe," Alka, a Delhiite married to a Palestinian, said.

"There is no electricity here for two days so we cannot watch television and do not know much about what is going on," she said.

The Representative of India in the Palestinian National Authority, Zikrur Rahman, said that the mission has been constantly in touch with all the Indian nationals living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

"We have advised them to restrict there movements under the prevailing security situation," Rahman said.

A few dozen Indian passport holders are living in Gaza. Some of them are working with Mother Teresa's organisation and others are married to Palestinians.