克林頓前往拉馬拉和開羅斡旋停火

Air attacks rocked both sides of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, despite intensified diplomatic efforts to halt the violence between Israel and Hamas militants that has killed More than 130 Palestinians and five Israelis.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo. Late Tuesday in Jerusalem, she discussed the volatile situation for two hours with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israel officials.

Mr. Netanyahu said before the meeting he prefers diplomacy to halt cross-border attacks. But he again pledged that Israel will take every action to protect its citizens, adding that no country can tolerate attacks on its citizens.

Clinton said the U.S. commitment to Israeli security is rock solid, and terrorist rocket attacks on Israel must end. She also said her heart breaks for every civilian death, Israeli and Palestinian.

Tuesday came and went without a temporary Egyptian-brokered cease-fire deal.儘管有關方面加緊爭取以色列和哈馬斯激進分子停止暴力衝突的外交努力，星期三清晨以色列和加沙地帶之間的跨邊界空襲仍在繼續。這場衝突已經導致130多名巴勒斯坦人和5名以色列人死亡。

美國國務卿克林頓星期三將在拉馬拉會晤巴勒斯坦，並將在開羅會晤埃及領導人。星期二晚間，克林頓與以色列總理內塔尼亞胡以及其他以色列高層官員在耶路撒冷進行了兩小時會談，討論加沙地帶的動盪局勢。

內塔尼亞胡在會晤之前表示，他傾向於用外交手段來停止以色列和哈馬斯激進分子之間的跨邊界空襲行動。但內塔尼亞胡再次誓言以色列將採取一切行動來保護本國公民，並表示沒有任何國家能夠容忍對其公民的攻擊。

克林頓說，美國對以色列安全的承諾堅不可摧。克林頓表示，恐怖分子用火箭彈攻擊以色列的行動必須停止。克林頓說，每個以巴平民的死亡都使她心碎。

星期二，以巴在埃及調停下沒有達成暫時停火協議。