<p> <br /> The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Gaza where he has called on Israel to lift its blockade from the Hamas-ruled strip.<br /> </p><br /> <p> <br /> Israel has kept a tight blockade on the coastal enclave since June 2007, when Hamas Islamists seized control of the coastal enclave from their rival, secular Fatah.<br /> </p><br /> <p> <br /> In December 2008, Israel launched a three-week attack on Hamas, which killed close to 1,400 Palestinians. Thirteen Israelis were also killed in what is known as the Cast Lead operation.<br /> </p><br /> <p> <br /> In October 2009, the United Nation's Human Rights Council adopted a report published by a U.N. mission, led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, which said Israel and Hamas were guilty of war crimes during the war.<br /> </p><br /> <p> <br /> Meanwhile, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said.<br /> </p><br /> <p> <br /> This brings to four the number of Palestinians killed in the past two days in the occupied West Bank.<br /> </p>
