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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meets with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) in the presence of Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr (L), in Cairo, Egypt, 21 November 2012. Ban is in the Middle East to try to end the Israeli - Palestinian hostilities in the Gaza strip, after almost one week of intensive fighting.  EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Cairo - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday there were “many details to work out” before a ceasefire could be reached to end the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

“I am particularly concerned about the spiral of violence at the time of intense efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel,” Ban said.

Speaking after a meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, whose country is trying to forge a truce, he said: “We all know there are many details to work out. But while that happens civilians continue to die.”

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