RAMALLAH, January 15, 2008 (WAFA) - The Government condemned the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to stop any military operations because it damages the Palestinian-Israeli ongoing talks.

In a statement, the government said that it will not stand still in front of those Israeli crimes.

Reading the statement of the government in a news conference in Ramallah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ryad al-Malki, assured that his government will call on the US, the EU and the UN to put international pressure on Israel to stop its violent attack against the residents of Gaza.

He also demanded an international force to enter Gaza to protect Palestinians from the Israeli army attacks.

Al-Malki also said that those continuous Israeli attacks on Gaza, and the ongoing Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, leave the Palestinian side with doubts about Israeli intentions for peace, adding that those Israeli actions "are fatal for the peace process".

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed on Tuesday 18 citizens and wounded 50 others in an all-out attack on Gaza City.