Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Saturday said Israel should implement UN Security Council resolution 1860 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza strip and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces, local Elnashra website reported.

"All reactions which occurred were due to Israel's arrogance and tyranny against the Palestinian people who were deprived of their rights," Suleiman said at Baabda palace.

He said that Israel should withdraw from Gaza because "it was the one who occupied the strip."

On Thursday, UN Security Council, after days of diplomatic wrestling, adopted resolution 1860 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza" leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces."

The 15-nation council approved the resolution with 14 voting in favor. The United States abstained.

Suleiman said "the occupation keeps committing massacres against the children," adding that "history never witnessed such ugly crimes."

The Lebanese president has been calling for an urgent Arab summit to reach a unified Arab stand against Israel's war on Gaza.

Over 800 have been killed and more than 3,000 others wounded in Gaza since Israel launched intensive airstrikes against Gaza on December 27 and ground operations on January  3 in retaliation for rocket attacks by Gaza militants led by Hamas.

(Xinhua News Agency January 11, 2009)