RAMALLAH, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei has blamed the international community for keeping silent over an Israeli massacre in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis.

    During a weekly session of the cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah Monday evening, Qurei said that the international community should pay attention to the Israeli offensive, which left 17 Palestinians dead and more than 70 others injuries.

    "At the time we talk about a promised Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Israel carries out massacres in the Palestinian areas every day," he said, adding "we want to say to the whole world that words and statements are not enough anymore, and we want actions indeed."

    Qurei said that Israeli crimes must be stopped, first by the United States and by the quartet committee as well as the international society as a whole. Enditem