Gaza FM: Israeli aggression must end

Gaza's Foreign Minister Mohammad Awad on Monday said the Hamas-run government was in talks with Egypt and the UN to end Israel's deadly attacks on the coastal enclave. Five people have been killed and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City since Wednesday. A 12-year-old boy was among those killed. Gaza's government has contacted Egypt and UN officials to deliver the message that "in order to maintain calm, aggression has to stop," Awad told a news conference in Gaza City. Awad urged the international community to intervene to stop the aggression, and said Palestinians must unite against Israeli violence. He added that reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, which leads the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, was "a strategic and national duty."