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| Foreign ministers from the countries of the Middle East Quartet have called for an immediate end to the fighting in Gaza and southern Israel. | |
| Palestinian officials say more than 360 people have been killed in Israeli military strikes since Saturday. | Palestinian officials say more than 360 people have been killed in Israeli military strikes since Saturday. |
| Four Israelis have also been killed, by rockets fired into Israel by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. | Four Israelis have also been killed, by rockets fired into Israel by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. |
| The Quartet, of the US, EU, UN and Russia, urged "an immediate ceasefire that would be fully respected". | |
| "They called on all parties to address the serious humanitarian and economic needs in Gaza and to take necessary measures to ensure the continuous provision of humanitarian supplies," said the statement. | |
| Meanwhile France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Israel and Hamas should end hostilities permanently, after EU ministers met in Paris. | |
| Mr Kouchner told French media: "We want a ceasefire". | |
| "We want it to be permanent, to be respected, with humanitarian access because there are many victims," he said, adding that the EU also wanted to see a return to the peace discussions. | |
| He said a joint statement was still being prepared but that "there is no difference on this point, on the contrary". | |
| The announcements came as Israel confirmed that a rocket fired by Hamas militants in Gaza landed in the town of Beersheba, 42km (26 miles) inside Israeli. | |
| The attack is the furthest a missile has ever reached inside Israel. |