The US secretary of state has expressed support for a joint French-Egyptian plan aimed at implementing an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, informs Aljazeer.net Wednesday.
Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that she would support the initiative on condition that Hamas halts its rocket fire into southern Israeli towns.
However, she did not call for a halt to Israeli military operations in the densely populated territory in which at least 660 people have been killed and more than 2,950 injured in naval and aerial bombardment as well as ground attacks.
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, presented the proposal after talks with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
