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EU pushes truce Christian Lobuoutin Replicas planFIGHTING flared anew on Tuesday as Egyptian brokered truce efforts Christian Louboutin Outlet collapsed, with Israel insistent on its demand for security from rocket fire by Gaza militants, and Hamas defiant over its call for an end to eight years of Israeli blockade.The death toll since July 8 now stands at least 2087 Palestinians dead, three quarters of them civilians according to the United Nations, and 67 on the Israeli side, nearly all of them soldiers.Israeli media said the government was seeking US diplomatic help to head off the European bid at the UN to end the violence, the deadliest since the 2005 end of the second Palestinian intifada or uprising.Washington has buy christian louboutin replica wielded its veto powers at the UN Security Council repeatedly in the past on behalf of its Israeli ally.But relations have been strained over the breakdown of US brokered peace efforts and concerns over the scale of the civilian death toll in Gaza.The draft presented by Britain, France and Germany came after one submitted by Jordan on behalf of the Arab League had run into US opposition.The European text urged an immediate and sustainable ceasefire, and a lifting of the Israeli blockade.It proposed a mechanism to monitor the ceasefire and supervise the movement of goods into Gaza to allay Israeli security concerns.The text provides for the lifting of economic and humanitarian restrictions on Gaza to allow for a massive reconstruction effort.UN chief Ban Ki moon has pledged help to rebuild Gaza, but warned that it would be "for the last time" after three wars in six years.But as the diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire intensified, Israel showed no sign of ending its deadly campaign to halt rocket fire by Gaza militants.Finance Minister Yair Lapid, regarded as one of the less hawkish members of the security cabinet, threatened further deadly attacks on Hamas commanders after three leading militants were killed in a pre dawn strike on Thursday."Hamas leaders need to know that we shall not buy louboutin replica stop now," he said in remarks broadcast Friday by public radio."Each and every one of them the political wing, the military wing, abroad or in Gaza itself needs to know that he is a legitimate target for assassination as long as they continue . to threaten Israeli citizens," Lapid said.Meanwhile a senior Hamas leader, Saleh Arouri, told a conference in Turkey the group carried out the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in June the first time anyone from the Islamic militant group has said it was behind an attack that helped spark the current war in the Gaza Strip."It was an operation by your brothers from the al Qassam Brigades," he said, saying Hamas hoped to exchange the youths for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.Hamas has repeatedly praised the kidnappings, but Arouri, the group’s exiled West Bank leader, is the first member to claim responsibility.The kidnappings on June 12, along with the discovery of the youths’ bodies two weeks later, sparked a broad Israeli crackdown on Hamas members throughout the West Bank.