Annan Condemns Violence Upsurge in Mideast

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Annan Condemns Violence Upsurge in Mideast

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was troubled by the recent upsurge of violence in the Middle East, particularly attacks in northern Israel and murders of Palestinians in Gaza.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was troubled by the recent upsurge of violence in the Middle East, particularly attacks in northern Israel and murders of Palestinians in Gaza.

In a statement issued here, the U.N. chief said he was concerned by Thursday's suicide bomb attack on a bus in the city of Hadera in northern Israel, in which three Israelis were killed,

and earlier killings of a Palestinian leader and five boys in Gaza.

He reiterated his condemnation of indiscriminate attacks on civilians and extrajudicial killings, which he said make progress towards a crease-fire more difficult to achieve.

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