Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon is heading for talks with Israeli leaders, amid signs of progress in efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
More than 1,000 Gazans and 13 Israelis have reportedly died as Israel's war on Hamas militants enters its 20th day.
Hamas officials on Wednesday said they were happy with the broad outlines of an Egyptian peace initiative, but details remained to be worked out.
Israel's chief negotiator Amos Gilad is expected in Cairo for talks later.
The diplomatic initiatives have not stopped fierce fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen around Gaza City.
The intensive fighting came after militant rocket attacks continued on Wednesday despite Israel striking some 60 targets.
Palestinian medics said seven people were killed in two separate airstrikes on Gaza City in the early hours of Thursday.
Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip have passed 1,000, according to Gaza medical sources. Nearly a third of the dead are said to be children and more than 4,500 people have been injured.
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Mr Ban is meeting regional leaders as part of the most intensive diplomatic efforts yet to end the fighting.
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More than 1,000 Gazans and 13 Israelis have reportedly died as Israel's war on Hamas militants enters its 20th day.
Hamas officials on Wednesday said they were happy with the broad outlines of an Egyptian peace initiative, but details remained to be worked out.
Israel's chief negotiator Amos Gilad is expected in Cairo for talks later.
The diplomatic initiatives have not stopped fierce fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen around Gaza City.
The intensive fighting came after militant rocket attacks continued on Wednesday despite Israel striking some 60 targets.
Palestinian medics said seven people were killed in two separate airstrikes on Gaza City in the early hours of Thursday.
Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip have passed 1,000, according to Gaza medical sources. Nearly a third of the dead are said to be children and more than 4,500 people have been injured.
Intense diplomacy
Mr Ban is meeting regional leaders as part of the most intensive diplomatic efforts yet to end the fighting.
Destroyed building in Gaza City
Aid diary: Water shortage
Bowen diary: Syrian warning
Gazan families: Pulling together
In pictures: Inching into Gaza
Egypt has been leading efforts to broker a ceasefire that could include a peacekeeping force b
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