Hopes for a quick end to the latest conflict in the Gaza Strip receded on Sunday as Israel and Hamas resumed heavy fighting that has so far left more than a thousand Palestinians dead in spite of UN and international calls for a ceasefire.
Diplomatic efforts to agree a truce continued after a brief pause in the fighting broke down at the weekend. Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister, hinted Israel might be willing to relax its seven-year-old economic blockade of Gaza under certain conditions.
In a phone call on Sunday, US President Barack Obama told Mr Netanyahu he wanted to see an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian ceasefire”.
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