UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has condemned...

Local media said the Palestinian rocket struck on Thursday a farm just north of Gaza, killing a 30-year-old Thai worker. The attack occurred on the same day as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton visited Gaza, the first such trip by a senior official in over a year.

"All such acts of terror and violence against civilians are totally unacceptable and contrary to international law," the statement said.

Ban Ki-Moon is currently in Moscow, where he will take part in the Quartet meeting on Friday. Baroness Ashton, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will also attend the meeting to be hosted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia, the U.S., the UN and the European Union are the four mediators in the Middle East peace process.

The attack from Gaza comes after Israel"s recent announcement that it would build 1,600 houses for Jewish families in the disputed area of east Jerusalem. The move, which poses a threat to the resumption

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