CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a diplomatic push on Monday to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but senior U.S. officials acknowledged this would be difficult.
More than 500 people have died in the Gaza Strip fighting, the vast majority of them Palestinians, as Israel has pursued an air and ground offensive to stop rocket attacks on its territory from the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip.
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