PRAGUE, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Czech EU presidency said on Thursday it was deeply concerned by the rising number of civilian casualties in Gaza and called on Israel to open a humanitarian corridor and on both sides to implement a ceasefire. "We are profoundly disturbed by the loss of civilian life at a school in Jabaliya that resulted from Israeli military action," the Czech EU presidency said in a statement. "We continue to call on both sides to immediately implement a comprehensive ceasefire to ease the suffering of civilians in both Israel and Gaza." (Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Louise Ireland)
A Palestinian girl, who fled her house with her family during Israel's offensive, looks out of a window at a U.N. school in Gaza January 7, 2009. Israel and Hamas studied ...
