we don t want to we don t have any battle with the palestinians in gaza. it is brutal there now. it s very difficult because hamas is using palestinians as human shields. we develop anti-missile systems to protect we use anti-missile systems to protect our civilians. they use their civilians to protect their missiles. that s the difference. so against safe cynical, brutal, heartless enemy we try to minimize civilian casualties. we try to target the military targets. and unfortunately, there are civilian casualties which we regret and we don t seek. they all fall on the responsibility of hamas. another factor in this, we haven t confirmed, is a report that perhaps hamas has caught an israeli soldier. no confirmation on that. so perhaps we can learn today if that indeed happened and what that does to this conflict. that could be a game changer. the israelis always pay a high price to get their soldiers back.
it s actually very measured and trying to be as pinpointed as we can, but i think when people say that i appreciate the support we ve received from president obama and many world leaders for israel s right to self-defense, but others are saying you have the right of self-defense, as long as you don t exercise it. what can a country do? what would do you? what would the people of the united states do if your cities were rocketed now, 2,000 rockets falling in american cities? people would say in the united states as they re telling me, obliterate the people. we don t obliterate them. we don t have any battle with the palestinians in gaza. it is brutal there now. it is very difficult because hamas is using them, palestinians as human shields. we develop anti-missile systems to protect, we use anti-missile systems to protect our civilians. they use their civilians to protect their missiles. that s the difference. so again, such a cynical, brutal, heartless enemy, we try to minimize c
that i appreciate the support we ve received from president obama and many world leaders for israel s right to self-defense, but others are saying, you have the right of self-defense as long as you don t exercise it. what can a country do? what would you do? what would the people of the united states do if your cities are rocketed now, 2,000 rockets falling in american cities? you know, people would say in the united states, as they re telling me, obliterate the people. we don t obliterate them. we don t have any battle with the palestinians in gaza. but it is brutal there now. it s very difficult because hamas is using them, the palestinians, as human shields. we develop anti-missile systems to protect we use anti-missile systems to protect our civilians. they use their civilians to protect their missiles. that s the difference. against such a cynical, brutal, heartless enemy, we try to minimize civilian casualties, we try to target the military
we develop anti-missile systems to protect we use anti-missile systems to protect our civilians. they use their civils to protect their missiles. that s the difference. so, again, such a cynical, brutal, heartless enemy. we try to minimize civilian casualties, we try to target the military targets and unfortunately there are civilian casualties which we regret and we don t see. they fall on the responsibility of hamas. president obama urged you the other day, all of the parties, to return to the cease-fire that was reached in november, 2012. are you accepting his proposal? go back to that cease-fire? i already did. i already did. if hamas were to say to you right now we accept the cease-fire, would israel withdraw its forces from gaza? that was the egyptian proposal which we send and they refused. if they accepted now, is it too late? i don t know, i don t want to speak about it being too late. i think the first thing is a cessation of hostilities. would israel withdr
that i appreciate the support we ve received from president obama and many world leaders for israel s right to self-defense, but others are saying you have the right of self-defense, as long as you don t exercise it. what can a country do? what would do you? what would the people of the united states do if your cities were rocketed now, 2,000 rockets falling in american cities? people would say in the united states as they re telling me, obliterate the people. we don t obliterate them. we don t have any battle with the palestinians in gaza. it is brutal there now. it is very difficult because hamas is using them, palestinians as human shields. we develop anti-missile systems to protect, we use anti-missile systems to protect our civilians. they use their civilians to protect their missiles. that s the difference. so again, such a cynical, brutal, heartless enemy, we try to minimize civilian casualties. we try to target the military targets and unfortunately, there