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Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

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(Newser) – Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a bombing that killed an Israeli soldier 2 days ago.

"Lasting peace is our objective and the United States will sustain an active commitment to two states living side by side in peace, stability and security," Mitchell said after meeting with Fatah president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The Obama administration's Mideast envoy said ending Israel’s blockade of Gaza was paramount to stopping the smuggling of illegal weapons by Hamas.

U.S. Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, left, walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
U.S. Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, left, walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/ PPO, Omar Rashidi, HO)
A Palestinian family sit next to their destroyed home in the area of east Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.
A Palestinian family sit next to their destroyed home in the area of east Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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To be successful in preventing illicit trafficking of arms into Gaza there must be a mechanism to allow the flow of legal goods and that should be with the participation of the Palestinian Authority.
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