Netanyahu: UN ceasefire call neglects Israel's needs

The UN Security Council's call for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, neglects Israeli security while addressing the needs of Hamas, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.

A statement by the council calling for an immediate ceasefire "relates to the needs of a murderous terrorist group that attacks Israeli civilians and has no answer for Israel's security needs", Netanyahu's office quoted him as telling UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.