Sunday 20 July 2014 16.35 The Arab League has described Israeli attacks on Gaza that have killed at least 60 Palestinians as a "war crime".
Nabil el-Araby, the head of the Cairo-based Arab League, considers Israeli shelling and ground attacks in Shejaia in northeast Gaza a "war crime" against Palestinian civilians which Israel is responsible for.
Palestinian witnesses and officials said at least 62 Palestinians were killed in shelling of the Gaza neighbourhood that left bodies strewn in the streets and thousands fleeing for shelter.
The Palestinian leadership also condemned the blistering Israeli attack.
In a statement, the newly-inaugurated Palestinian government described the attack as a "war crime" which required immediate international intervention.
"The Palestinian consensus government condemned in the strongest terms the heinous massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces against innocent Palestinian civilians in the neighbourhood of Shejaiya," it said.
The office of president Mahmud Abbas also issued a similar statement condemning the attack as a "massacre."
The death toll in Gaza has now hit 425.
Israel's military has said 13 soldiers were killed in a series of attacks in Gaza, the heaviest Israeli death toll in a single day of battle in years.
Earlier, Hamas militants said they had ambushed Israeli troops and detonated explosives around their vehicle in the Palestinian territory.
Other Islamist militants said they had attacked soldiers in a house in Gaza.
As the ceasefire got under way, a convoy of ambulances entered Shejaiya, with medics seen picking up at least three dead bodies, including that of a man with his intestines hanging out and his head completely destroyed, an AFP correspondent reported.
But shortly afterwards, the sound of small arms fire was heard in the area.
The Israeli army said Hamas had "not stopped shooting" and that it was responding accordingly.
US's Kerry defends Israeli attacks
The United States believes Israel has a right to defend itself from rockets fired from Gaza and from attacks launched from cross-border tunnels, US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry said.
"You have a right to go in and take out those tunnels," Kerry told Fox News.
"We completely support that. And we support Israel's right to defend itself against rockets that are continuing to come in."
Israel, which has accused Palestinian militant group Hamas of using civilians as human shields by launching rockets from residential areas, sent ground forces into the Gaza Strip on Thursday after 10 days of air, naval and artillery barrages failed to stop the salvoes.
Kerry called on Hamas to consider a ceasefire.
"It is important for Hamas to now step up and be reasonable and understand that (if) you accept the ceasefire, you save lives," he said.
In a separate interview on CNN, Kerry said President Barack Obama will ask him to go to the Middle East soon to aid in efforts to secure a ceasefire.
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