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Friday, August 8, 2014
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Friday, August 8, 2014
UN chief calls for return to Gaza truce
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUnited Nations chief Ban Ki-moon condemns the latest rocket attacks on Israel and calls for a return to a ceasefire in Gaza.
The secretary-general expresses his “deep disappointment” over the failure to extend the 72-hour truce that expired this morning and says peace talks in Cairo should continue.
Ban “condemns the renewed rocket fire towards Israel. More suffering and death of civilians caught up in this conflict is intolerable,” says a statement from his spokesman.
“The extension of the ceasefire is absolutely essential for talks to progress.”
Ban “firmly” calls on the Palestinians and Israel “not to resort to further military action that can only exacerbate the already appalling humanitarian in Gaza.”
— AFP
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