Israeli soldiers in the Gaza strip. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]Move likely to alarm Israeli government as Ban Ki-moon says end to fighting in Gaza could be 'very near'
International airlines halted flights to and from Israel indefinitely on Tuesday citing security concerns in an unexpected twist to the two-week-old conflict in Gaza.
The move came as political leaders and diplomats held urgent talks in the region with UN chief Ban Ki-moon saying his "hope and belief" was that an end to fighting could be "very near".
On Wednesday morning the Palestinian decision-making body led by President Mahmoud Abbas said it was backing Hamas's demands that an end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza and other concessions must form part of any deal to end the hostilities.
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