Israel today rejected the truce proposal submitted by the Secretary

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Tel Aviv, July 25 (Telam) -. Israel today rejected the truce proposal submitted by the Secretary of State, John Kerry, and removed the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza, where the attacks returned and violence - extended to the West Bank-and left 842 Palestinians and 35 Israeli soldiers dead. Shortly after it became clear that the security cabinet had wrecked this option in Jerusalem, frigates and fighter aircraft stationed in the Mediterranean again began intensive bombing the territory of Gaza, reported the news agency EFE. The Israeli military said more than 80 rockerts were launched by Hamas against Israel in the last 24 hours, rising to about 2,430 since the beginning of the military operation. Earlier, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and the head of U.S. diplomacy, John Kerry, maratónicaos meetings held in the Fairmont hotel in Cairo, looking closer positions and reach a humanitarian truce in the conflict today entered its eighteenth day. Given the impossibility of a permanent ceasefire, the UN, the U.S. and Egypt proposed a seven-day humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas to coincide with the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr. This new initiative was presented at a press conference in Cairo for Kerry, his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri, and the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, who agreed that there has been "progress" but noted that there are still to make "further efforts" to reach a durable ceasefire. "There is an agreement on a ceasefire because there are differences on terminology and framework" Kerry side to Paris tomorrow to continue diplomatic efforts in the conflict said. Kerry said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to maintain at least twelve hours a cessation of hostilities, although previously the Israeli Security Cabinet announced its rejection of the truce proposal. Ban and Kerry insisted that the "framework" for a ceasefire remains the initiative by Egypt which was accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. Islamists call for a ceasefire, an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza and the opening of the Rafah crossing, linking the Palestinian enclave on the Mediterranean with Egypt. In this regard, Shukri said that the Egyptian plan "still valid" and will continue the talks so that both parties agree. The proposed seven-day truce also received the backing of the Arab League, whose secretary general, Nabil al Arabi, attended the press appearance. Meanwhile, the violence spread today to the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave located just 45 kilometers from Gaza, where in recent times at least 6 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers, witnesses and medical sources quoted by the agency Maan. After Friday prayers for Ramadan, clashes erupted in Beir Ummar, north of Hebron, and the soldiers shot and killed two people, including a local activist defender of human rights. In the northern West Bank, near Nablus, two Palestinians were killed allegedly by an Israeli settler. The Israeli military said it is investigating that information. The humanitarian situation in Gaza, meanwhile, gets worse over 120,000 displaced, while the UN says that nearly half the country is unsafe, which leaves no room for the inhabitants of refuge. Also face shortages of food, medicine and water. Thursday a UN school that received Palestinian refugees was attacked, which killed 16 people and left 200 injured without being clear who is responsible. Israel simply speak of a "misfire" that might come from its combat forces or Hamas. This is the fourth installment of the UN to be attacked in the latest round of violence. Today, the European Commission (EC) today urged to respect "the inviolability of places of the UN", following yesterday's attack on the school. "We are very concerned about the continuing escalation of violence in Gaza and the deaths of civilians, including over 190 children," he told the press spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs of the EC, Maja Kocijancic. Meanwhile in Brussels, the European Commission announced that it will provide € 5 million ($ 7 million) in emergency aid to the Gaza Strip. (Telam.) - igm-cja 07/25/2014 18:24