聯合國安理會敦促加沙立即停火

The U.N. Security Council has adopted a presidential statement supporting an "immediate and unconditional" humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

The measure presented early Monday urges both sides in the conflict to take steps to achieve "a durable and fully respected cease-fire." It also expresses the need for immediate humanitarian aid to the people in the Gaza Strip.

The Council's action comes after several cease-fire agreements failed to hold since the conflict escalated nearly three weeks ago.

Palestinian Ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansour said he hopes the statement leads to a long cease-fire, but criticized the Security Council for not taking the stronger action of adopting a resolution against what he called Israel's "aggression."

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor said Hamas has fired 2,500 rockets at Israel, and reiterated that if Israel were not facing rocket attacks, it would not need to carry out its own strikes.

He said the Security Council statement was lacking in the specific mention of Hamas, militant rocket fire or Israel's right to defend itself.

Officials including U.S. President Barack Obama have continued to try to find a lasting halt to the fighting.聯合國安理會通過一項聲明，敦促以色列和哈馬斯立即無條件實行人道停火。

安理會星期一清晨通過的聲明敦促衝突雙方採取措施，實行“持久的、得到全面遵守的停火”，並呼籲該地區和世界各地所有有關方面支持這一行動。此外，聲明還提到必須立即爲加沙地帶居民提供人道救援。

聯合國安理會採取這一舉措之前，衝突升級以來的近三個星期內已有數次停火歸於破裂。

巴勒斯坦常駐聯合國代表曼蘇爾表示，他希望這項聲明能夠導向長期停火，但他指責安理會沒有采取更有力的行動，即通過一項譴責以色列“侵略”的決議案。

以色列常駐聯合國代表普羅索爾說，哈馬斯向以色列境內發射了2千5百枚火箭彈。他重申，如果以色列沒有遭到火箭彈襲擊，就無需發動進攻。

普羅索爾說，安理會的聲明沒有明確提及哈馬斯激進分子的火箭彈襲擊和以色列的自衛權。

包括美國總統奧巴馬在內的各國官員繼續努力尋找實現加沙地帶持久停火的途徑。