BEIRUT -- Hamas said on Friday it rejected the United Nations (UN) resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war with Israel in Gaza as it was not in the best interest of the Palestinian people.

"This resolution does not suit us because it is not in the best interest of the Palestinian people," Raafat Morra, an official with the militant group, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Beirut.

"This resolution does not take into account the aspiration of the Palestinian people."

He was referring to a UN Security Council resolution, passed late on Thursday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the two-week-old conflict between Israel and the militant group, in which nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed.

In Gaza, a senior Hamas official said the militant group did not feel itself concerned by the UN resolution which was carried by 14 of the Security Council's 15 members. The United States abstained.

"Even though we are the main actors on the ground in Gaza, we were not consulted about this resolution and they have not taken into account our vision and the interests of our people," top Hamas official Ayman Taha told AFP.

"As a result we do not feel concerned by this resolution and when the different parties apply it they will have to deal with those who are in charge on the ground."

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri made similar comments in an interview with Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television on Friday.

"In the Hamas movement, we do not think that the battle has ended because this resolution was issued, especially after...the continuation of the aggression in Gaza after it was issued," Abu Zuhri said.

Israel carried out more than 50 air strikes in Gaza overnight, which Palestinian emergency services said killed 12 civilians.

Hamas and its allies fired more than 15 rockets into southern Israel, wounding one person, the Israeli military said.

Abu Zuhri said the Security Council "did not take the interests and the demands of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, into consideration when making this resolution.

"We will continue assessing our position in light of developments on the ground," he said.

The spokesman said that a Hamas delegation would travel to Cairo on Saturday, when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is due to meet Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas to discuss an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.