Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Aryeh Mekel defended Israel’s actions.

Aryeh Mekel: “Israel is applying pressure on the terrorist organizations in Gaza in order to put an end to the daily barrage of rockets against Israeli citizens. We will continue to apply such pressure and use military tactics in order to convince the people that control Gaza that they have to put an end to this, that they have to stop attacking our citizens in southern Israel. We believe that no government would have acted differently, any government has the ultimate to responsibility to protect its citizens.”