We had a chance yesterday to deescalate. We tried that very seriously. Unfortunately, Hamas was not interested in just increasing attacks upon us and today, we're responding in time, in kind.
Mark Regev discusses Israel's attempts to deescalate the situation and Hamas's continued aggression.
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One hundred percent, Israel has no interest whatsoever in seeing more bloodshed. It's been more than enough.
Our enemy are the Hamas terrorists who have shot over the last three weeks more than 3,000 rockets into Israel, trying to kill our citizens.
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We understood the need to give a humanitarian relief to the people of Gaza who we don't see as our enemy.