Kerry Puts Onus on Hamas as U.S. Seeks End to Gaza Bloodshed
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry put the onus on the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers to halt two weeks of fighting with Israel that has killed more than 600 people, the overwhelming majority of them Palestinians.
Kerry, who arrived in Cairo yesterday, said he traveled to the region to support an Egyptian cease-fire initiative that foundered last week after Hamas rejected it. “Only Hamas now needs to make the decision to spare innocent civilians from this violence,” Kerry told reporters in a joint press appearance with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is also in the Middle East pressing for a truce.