International reaction to the Gaza War

Israel warned on Aug. 17 it would not countenance any long-term truce deal that did not answer its security needs as Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo.        

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Aug. 11 for indirect negotiations with Palestinians on a durable truce in Gaza, Egypt and Israeli officials said.
      
The Palestinian delegation meanwhile was already locked in talks with Egyptian intelligence mediators, who will relay their demands to the Israeli negotiators, a Palestinian official said.
     

Turkey is still pursuing a humanitarian aid corridor into Gaza amid ongoing negotiations for a new 72-hour cease-fire plan presented by Egypt, with the government’s plan to set up a hospital in Gaza also being on the agenda, a Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos has expressed concern about the failure to extend the truce in Gaza and said peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Cairo should continue.

Save the Children placed full-page adverts in British newspapers on Aug. 6 listing the names of 373 Palestinian children killed in Israel's offensive on Gaza, as part of the charity's campaign for a permanent ceasefire.

A fragile ceasefire in Gaza pushed into a second day Aug. 6 as Israeli and Palestinian delegations prepared for crunch talks in Cairo to try to extend the 72-hour truce.

The ceasefire, which came into effect Aug. 5 and carried past midnight into Wednesday, has brought relief to millions on both sides after one month of fighting killed 1,875 Palestinians and 67 people in Israel.

Turkey has welcomed an Israel-Hamas cease-fire that went into effect on Aug. 5 and is meant to last three days while underlining that the groundwork for the truce was laid with the “constructive conduct of the Palestinian delegation in negotiations being held in Cairo.”

Israel's right to security does not justify its actions in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday, as he called for a political solution to be "imposed" by the international community.
      
"How many more deaths will it take to stop what must be called the carnage in Gaza?" Fabius said in a statement.        

Turkey has strongly condemned the Israeli army’s attack on a U.N. school in Gaza that claimed the lives of at least 10 Palestinian civilians.

“We fully share the U.N. secretary-general’s view that this attack constitutes a crime,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on Aug. 4.

Turkish and Qatar continue efforts for a lasting cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, as the death toll in Gaza exceeds 1,700 as of Aug. 3.