US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday again urged the resistance movement of Hamas to accept a ceasefire along the lines of an Egyptian proposal to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday again urged the resistance movement of Hamas to accept a ceasefire along the lines of an Egyptian proposal to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

The top US diplomat was speaking in Cairo after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Kerry voiced support for the Egyptian initiative as a "framework" to end the fighting that has claimed over 600 Palestinian martyrs since 16 days.

The resistance movement of Hamas rejected the Egyptian proposal and insisted on lifting the blockade which has been imposed on the strip for eight years.

"While we still have work to do, it is clear to each party I met that there is a framework available to end the 'violence', and that framework was the Egyptian initiative," Kerry said at a press conference after meeting Sisi.