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Abbas calls on UN to demand immediate Gaza ceasefIre
Palestinian leader seeks 'clear condemnation of Israeli aggression' and for Security Council to 'impose a commitment of a mutual ceasefire immediately.'
IAF strike on Gaza (Photo: AFP)
Reuters
Published: 07.11.14, 23:29 / Israel News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday urged the United Nations Security Council to order an immediate truce in the fighting between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Western-backed Abbas, who is based in the West Bank and agreed a power-sharing deal with Hamas in April after years of bitter and occasionally bloody feuding, called for international help.
"The Palestinian leadership urges the Security Council to quickly issue a clear condemnation of this Israeli aggression and impose a commitment of a mutual ceasefire immediately," he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis in a televised statement on Friday that he would not stop the four-day military operation until calm had returned to the country, which has for weeks been plagued by increasing rocket fire from Gaza. Until then, he said, no international pressure could persuade him to end the assault.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4541949,00.html
