RAMALLAH, Jan. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A senior Palestinian official called on Israel Saturday to stop immediately the ongoing military actions which left six Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip.

    "We call upon the United States to end the Israeli army aggressions against our people and we call upon the Israeli government to go immediately with us for a ceasefire without incursions and assassinations," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, advisor ofthe Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

    "The Palestinians have started a new era since Mahmoud Abbas waselected and sworn in as the new leader. And President Abbas is determined to achieve law and discipline in the Palestinian territories," he added.

    He said the Palestinians are committed to the roadmap peace planand that "Israel has to stop aggressions and return immediately to the negotiations table so as to revive the peace process."

    Israel cut all contacts with the new Palestinian leadership and shut down all major border crossings into Gaza after six Israelis were killed in a Palestinian suicide bomb attack on the Karni passage between Gaza and Israel on Thursday.

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