9 Palestinians killed in Gaza firefight

: "'We strongly condemn this aggression, this massacre while efforts are being made to revive the peace process,' he told AFP by phone from Rome. 'We urgently call on the quartet to come forward and work on pushing the peace process forward and help in bringing out these efforts.' He was referring to the diplomatic quartet of officials from the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States, who co-sponsored the Mideast peace roadmap."