French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called today for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end violence in Gaza which has left nearly 600 Palestinians dead.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced support for the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in talks in Cairo.

Algeria, Morocco and Egypt condemned the cowardly terrorist attack of last Wednesday, which killed 15 and wounded 23 in the ranks of the Tunisian army, expressing their solidarity with the Tunisian government and people in this ordeal.