Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has written to the prime minister to hold a national cabinet meeting to discuss the domestic implications of the Israel-Gaza conflict. 

Mr Dutton, in his letter to Anthony Albanese, wrote that an urgent meeting was needed to discuss "concerns raised by Australia's Jewish community about their safety".

"I further seek your support to secure a statement from the National Cabinet, in which the leaders of the Commonwealth and all states and territories confirm their support for Australia's Jewish community, condemn antisemitism in all forms, and declare any attack on Australians for their religious beliefs unacceptable," he wrote. 

The letter comes as the most senior Muslim MP in the government said damage to hospitals in Gaza was undermining Israel's campaign. 

It's been more than a month since Hamas militants entered Israel and and killed 1,400 people and took more than 200 people hostage on October 7. 

In response, Israel has heavily bombed and invaded the densely populated Gaza Strip, where the Hamas government says more than 11,200 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed.

Mr Dutton's letter said there had been increasing reports of anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and communities. 

He didn't raise any concerns about Islamophobia or fears people of Muslim faith might hold in Australia. 

"I fear there will be a significant act within our country that will cause harm to people in the Jewish community, or in the community more broadly, at a time when temperatures are rising," Mr Dutton told reporters in Canberra.

"The prime minister should be showing strong leadership to lower those temperatures and he's completely failed that test."

 

Ed Husic says hospital damage in Gaza undermines Israel's campaign.

The World Health Organization says 22 hospitals have been damaged so far, with thousands reportedly trapped in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, where staff say more than 30 children have died due to a lack of incubators.

Israel maintains Hamas fighters operate in tunnels underneath the hospital, a claim the terrorist group denies.

Mr Husic said Israel had a right to take out Hamas, but should be doing it in a more precise way.

"But I gotta say, 4,000 children losing their lives, they are not Hamas and this is real concern and I don't think it's just a concern for me as an MP of the Muslim faith."