US: Israel must play role in rebuilding Gaza
Israel must play a role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, a top US official said Wednesday ahead of key donor talks in Cairo, also pressing all sides to agree to a lasting ceasefire.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend Sunday's reconstruction conference being co-hosted in Cairo by Egypt and Norway and billed by the US as a "major humanitarian assistance and reconstruction effort" after the devastating 50-day war between Israel and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip.
