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Ban voices concern after deadly violence in Gaza and southern Israel
3 0 O c tober 2 0 1 1 Secret ary-General B an K i- moon ex pres s e d deep c onc ern today at the rec ent es c alation of v iolenc e and bloods hed in both s outhern I s rael and the G aza S trip that has reportedly left around a dozen people dead. I n a s tatement is s ued by his s pok es pers on, M r. B an c ondemned roc k et fire launc hed from ins ide G aza, whic h has k illed an I s ra eli c iv ilian in the c ountry ''s s outh, and c alled for its c omplete c es s ation.

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H e als o urged I s rael to ex erc is e ma x imum res traint a fter the c ountry ''s military forc es reportedly k illed 1 0 a lleged militants in G aza. " H e hopes that the parties will fully res pec t the c alm as brok ered by E gy pt," the s tatement noted, referring to a reported c eas efire organized by E gy pt. M r. B an added tha t the O ffic e of the S pec ial C oordina tor for the M iddle E as t P eac e P roc es s , headed by R obert S erry , remained ac tiv ely engaged with the I s raelis and P ales tinians in s upporting efforts to end the v iolenc e. T he deadly attac k s hav e tak en plac e jus t week s after I s rael and the P ales tinians agre ed to a pris oner e x c hange that s enior U nited N ations offic ials s aid they hoped would lead the two s ides to mak e further hard dec is ions towards an ev entual peac e agreement to end the long- running c onflic t.
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