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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is due to arrive in Egypt on
Monday to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after the death
toll from the Gaza conflict rose above 500.
Speaking to CNN's "State
of the Union" on Sunday, the deadliest day of the war so far, Kerry said
that the United States supports Egypt's initiative for a truce and
"will work for a fair cease-fire."
The United States has
"shown our willingness to try to deal with the underlying issues," but
Hamas "must step up and show a level of reasonableness," he said.
"No country, no human
being, is comfortable with children being killed, with people being
killed, but we're not comfortable with Israeli soldiers being killed
either or with people being rocketed in Israel," Kerry said.
In a meeting late Sunday,
U.N. Security Council members expressed "serious concern about the
growing number of casualties," according to the body's president,
Ambassador Eugene-Richard Gasana of Rwanda.
The members urged "an
immediate cessation of hostilities" based on the cease-fire that stopped
the 2012 conflict between Israel and Hamas, he said.
But as clashes continued Monday, there was no sign that either side would heed the world body's calls.
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