US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday said international efforts to agree a truce between the Israelis and the Palestinians in Gaza must lead to the disarmament of the Palestinian resistance, naming Hamas movement.

US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday said international efforts to agree a truce between the Israelis and the Palestinians in Gaza must lead to the disarmament of the Palestinian resistance, naming Hamas movement.

Kerry, who arrived back in Washington late Sunday after a week-long mission in the Middle East to try to stop the Zionist aggression on Gaza, told reporters he was continuing to work "toward establishing an unconditional humanitarian ceasefire."