UN ceasefire call goes unheeded

Unheeded ? How about not Noticed ! Neither side took notice , and where not even involved in the talks for this Ceasefire ! what did the U.N and U.S. think?
With Lebanon starting to get involved , this whole Conflict is ready to pop Wide open ! and seems to be looking worse than ever ! This also goes to show that the U.N. is basically Irrelevant !!! Who are they going to get to come in and stop the whole thing ?

BBC
Israel is to keep up its offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a UN call for an immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the latest firing of rockets into Israel showed the resolution was "unworkable".

The Security Council resolution demanded a truce, access for aid workers and an end to arms smuggling.

Israel continued its bombardment during the night and on Friday morning, carrying out at least 50 air strikes.

However Israeli military operations have now again been paused for three hours to allow aid in.

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Seventy-five lorries carrying food and medicine will be allowed into Gaza, Israel says.

Hamas has also dismissed the UN ceasefire call.

Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said: "Even though we are the main actors on the ground in Gaza, we were not consulted about this resolution and they have not taken into account our vision and the interests of our people."

Meanwhile, witnesses have told the UN that about 30 Palestinians died earlier this week as Israeli forces shelled a house in Gaza City into which Israeli soldiers had previously moved more than 100 people, half of them children.

Israel said the allegations into the shelling of the house in the Zeitoun district were being investigated.

Since the current conflict began on 27 December, it is estimated that 770 Palestinians and 14 Israelis have been killed.
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