Pressure mounts on Israel over civilian casualties as ceasefire calls rebuffed

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Having rebuffed calls for a ceasefire, Israel was set to come under sustained pressure on Monday to avoid civilian casualties during its assault on Gaza, while a U.S. diplomatic blitz in the region sought to reduce risks of the conflict escalating. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to meet with Turkey's foreign minister in Ankara on Monday, hours after hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian protest tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops in southern Turkey. Blinken on Sunday made an unannounced visit to the West Bank to meet with Pa...