International pressure mounts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The UN security council adopts a statement agreed by all its 15 members.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) RWANDAN U.N. AMBASSADOR AND SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT EUGENE GASANA, SAYING:
The Security Council expresses strong support for the call by international partners and the Secretary-General of the United Nations for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire, allowing for the delivery of urgently needed assistance, and they urged all parties to accept and fully implement the humanitarian ceasefire into the Eid period and beyond."
The end of Ramadan and the beginning of the Eid festival should be a time of joy. But there's not much to celebrate here in Gaza amidst the rubble.
It's been three weeks since Israel launched its offensive against Hamas militants in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
More than one thousand Palestinians and dozens of Israeli soldiers have been kil
