Clinton heads to Middle East

By Reuters in Gaza City, Palestinian Territories and Phnom Penh, Cambodia | China Daily | Updated: 2012-11-21 08:11

A Palestinian firefighter tries to extinguish a fire following an Israeli airstrike on a building that houses international media offices in Gaza City on Monday. Some 115 Palestinians have died in a week of fighting. Suhaib Salem / Reuters

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the Middle East on Tuesday with a message that escalation of the week-long conflict was in no one's interest as the UN chief called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.