Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his opposition to a ceasefire in Gaza despite increasing international pressure.
Netanyahu insisted he had backing from Israelis to continue the ground offensive in Gaza, saying that he had received a letter from the family of a soldier killed in the fighting.
He quoted lines from the letter which read, "you have a mandate to fight, you do not have a mandate to stop in the middle.”
His comments follow calls for an immediate truce from France's foreign minster who is currently in Israel and a joint article by the UK and German foreign ministers which calls for a "sustainable" ceasefire.
Source: BBC
