Netanyahu defends military offensive with strong international support

Benjamin Netanyahu’s armor does not break. Data of Palestinian civilian casualties do not change his approach because the operation in Gaza, he insists, ground advance was the “only way” to ensure the security of Israelis. The prime minister, in a round of interviews to international media such as CNN and Fox, argued that “there is no moral army ” than ours – a classic in the arguments of the leaders of Israel and does not want “to harm civilians innocent, even one.” “We are only against terrorists operating against our interests, our country regrets the deaths,” he reiterated.

At 13 days of the start of Operation Margin Protector still calls “measured” response against the Palestinian militias, whom they accuse of “stacking bodies for their cause, the more the merrier.” The battle, he recalled, against whom is looking for “the destruction of Israel and every Jew.” The Prime Minister opens his hands and snorts when asked how long the invasion. ” Nobody wants to get too far, but what is happening is over ” replies. For now, the operation is “moving fairly quickly.”

Shortly before these interviews in a previous statement to an emergency meeting of his cabinet, the leader of the conservative Likud was “satisfied” because, he says, which would move the world leaders is a clear support and understanding that “Hamas is responsible” also for the death of civilians. Actually there is more silence of the international community to guarantee their real actions. Yes it came a clear support yesterday by the U.S. President, Barack Obama. In a telephone conversation, Obama “condemned Hamas attacks against Israel and reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself”, the statement from the White House. The President also conveyed his “deep concern at the increasing number of victims,” including “the deaths of Palestinian civilians” and “the loss of Israeli soldiers.”

Israel suffered the biggest blow since the operation began with the death of 13 soldiers from the Golani Infantry Brigade, one of the oldest, highly decorated and feared. Two of the latter had an American passport. They fell into four different attacks with explosives into an armored in shootings and a fire generated by enemy gunfire. Two more soldiers were killed early Sunday. There are 53 other wounded soldiers. The country is shocked by the large number of Israeli casualties and how quickly they were generated, in just three days of ground incursion. Deaths in direct clash with Hamas were expected, but not in such “large number”. Never since the war with Lebanon in 2006 had many soldiers died in one day.

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