S. push for a durable and sustained Gaza cease-fire is continuing undaunted, despite the failure of the French bid to arrange a 48-hour truce for humanitarian relief efforts in the coastal strip.

• 美国总统布什同以色列总理奥尔默特进行了谈话，据说奥尔默特保证，以色列正设法在对哈马斯空袭中减少平民伤亡。