Saturday, August 02, 2014

Gaza situation is intolerable, UK foreign secretary says --- (Reuters) - Britain believes the situation in the Gaza Strip has become intolerable and could lead to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in a newspaper interview to be published on Sunday. -- Hammond told the Daily Telegraph he was receiving thousands of emails from Britons "deeply disturbed" at events in Gaza since Israel launched an offensive against Hamas and other guerrillas in response to a surge of cross-border rocket salvoes. -- "The British public has a strong sense that the situation of the civilian population in Gaza is intolerable and must be addressed — and we agree with them,” Hammond said. -- He called for an immediate ceasefire without conditions. -- "We understand that Israel has concerns, we understand that Hamas has concerns. We are not saying we’re not interested in those," he told the paper in an interview conducted on Thursday. -- "But we cannot allow them to stand in the way of a humanitarian ceasefire. We have to get the killing to stop." -- Palestinian officials say the Gaza death toll has risen to 1,675, most of them civilians. Israel has confirmed that 63 soldiers have died in combat, while Palestinian shelling has killed three civilians in Israel. - More, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/02/us-mideast-gaza-britain-idUSKBN0G20N120140802

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