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| Gaza conflict: Israel rejects John Kerry ceasefire | |
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| Israel's security cabinet has rejected a Gaza ceasefire proposal put forward by US Secretary of State John Kerry, officials say. | |
| Mr Kerry has been pushing for a halt to 18 days of fighting between Israel and Islamist group Hamas. | |
| An Israeli official told Reuters that the cabinet wanted changes to the agreement before ending the offensive. | |
| More than 800 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and 36 Israelis have died since the start of the conflict. | |
| Hamas is yet to respond to the proposed ceasefire but its leader has already said the group will not agree to a deal without an end to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. | |
| Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continued on Friday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had killed a senior member of the militant group Islamic Jihad. | |
| The IDF also said its Iron Dome defence system had intercepted several rockets fired across the border by Hamas. | |
| Israel launched its military offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of stopping Hamas firing rockets into Israel. | |
| It has since extended its operation to destroy tunnels dug by militants to infiltrate Israel. |