Palestinian top diplomat calls Israel offensive 'war of revenge'

The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister on Thursday called Israel’s offensive in Gaza a “war of revenge”, as he called for a ceasefire in the conflict.

“This time the war that Israel is waging is different. This time… it’s a war of revenge,” Riyad al-Maliki said in The Hague. “First we need to end this one-sided aggression and then we need to call for a ceasefire.”