UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the Israelis and the Palestinians to stop the ’bloodshed’ as he sought to broker an end to the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the Israelis and the Palestinians to stop the 'bloodshed' as he sought to broker an end to the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

"My message to Israelis and Palestinians is the same: Stop fighting, start talking and take on the root causes of the 'conflict' so that we are not at the same situation in the next six months or a year," he said.