China’s foreign minister has called for an end to the violence against civilians in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip against the Palestinian militant organization Hamas. “There can no longer be any justification for the continuation of the conflict and no excuse for the killing of civilians,” said Wang Yi on Thursday in Beijing at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress. All prisoners must be released and the international community must support an immediate ceasefire, he said. Wang said that the vicious circle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could only be broke…