U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the 50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 25, 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Ynet – United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Israel to “do far more” to spare Palestinian civilians after it launched it ground offensive in Gaza.

Israel launched its ground operation in Gaza on Thursday night, at the close of the tenth day of Operation Protective Shield, aimed at halting rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled coastal strip on Israeli communities.

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