Washington, Aug 14 (Reporter) A Chinese envoy on Tuesday urged the United States to take "sincere and responsible actions" to push Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza as soon as possible and to stop slaughtering civilians. Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, strongly condemned Israel's attack on the Al-Taba'een school in Gaza City over the weekend which killed more than 100 Palestinians, in remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. He stressed that "civilians and the civilian infrastructure must not be the target of military operations," adding that "this is a red line under the international humanitarian law." "Attacking schools where a large number of civilians are seeking shelter again and again is a heinous act," he said. An immediate and durable ceasefire is what the people of Gaza yearn for, and it is the overwhelming consensus of the international community, he said...////...