minister benjamin netanyahu what it would take to reach a new cease-fire and for israel to pull out of gaza. he s keeping his options open. we sat down at the defense ministry in tel aviv. your exit strategy from gaza is what? hamas forced it on us. they increased the fire. i called for de-escalation. they refused. i accepted an egyptian cease-fire proposal backed up by the arab league and u.n. they refused. i accepted a humanitarian lull proposed by the united nations. th they refused. we ll stop our operations when we can bring back quiet to our people. some of your cabinet ministers think the only way to do that is to reoccupy gaza, which you evacuated from and gave it up back in 2005. do you support reoccupying gaza? i support taking whatever action is necessary to stop this
understand this man s pain. he says he saw a missile slam into his brother and mother. no time for a full autopsy. no time except to pronounce time of death. karl penhaul, cnn, gaza. the images of desperate palestinian civilians running for their lives are not lost on israel s prime minister. benjamin netanyahu spoke with our wolf blitzer about the civilian toll take nen gaza and what s required to end this conflict. your exit strategy from gaza, what is it? sustainable quiet. i mean, we didn t seek this escalation. hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities, steadily increasing the fire. i called for deescalation. they refused. i accepted an egyptian cease-fire proposal, backed up by the arab league and the u.n. they refused. i accepted a humanitarian lull, proposed by the united nations. they refused.
netanyahu said israeli soldiers have destroyed most of the gaza tunnels. netanyahu also received a phone call from president obama expressing concern about the growing number of casualties and telling him secretary of state john kerry will soon travel to cairo to seek an end to the conflict. the prime minister has been prepping israelis for long days of fighting but he s also getting hard questions about the conflict with hamas cnn s wolf blitzer sat down with the prime minister and asked about an exit strategy from the ground offensive in gaza. we re being seen now by viewers in the united states and around the world in more than 200 count rise around the world right now. quick question your exit strategy from gaza. what is it? sustainable quiet. i mean, we didn t seek this escalation, hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities, steadily increasing the fire. i called for deescalation, they
in the united states and around the world in more than 200 countries around the world right now. quick question. your exit strategy from gaza, what is it? sustainable quiet. i mean, we didn t seek this escalation. hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities, steadily increasing the fire. i called for de-escalation. they refused. i accepted an egyptian cease-fire proposal backed up by the arab league and the u.n., they refused. i accepted a humanitarian law proposed by the united nations. they refused. we ll stop our operations when we can bring back quiet to our people. some of your cabinet ministers think the only way to do that is to reoccupy gaza, which you evacuated from and gave it up back in 2005. do you support reoccupying gaza? i support taking whatever action is necessary to stop this insane situation. just imagine, i mean, imagine what israel is going through. imagine that 75% of the u.s. population is under rocket-fire
200 countries around the world right now. quick question, your exit strategy from gaza, what is it? sustainable quiet. we didn t seek this escalation, hamas forced it on us. they started rocketing our cities steadily increasing the fire. i called for de-escalation, they refused. i accepted an egyptian cease-fire proposal backed up by the u.n. and the arab league, they refused. i accepted a humanitarian lull proposed by the united nations. they refused. we ll stop our operations when they can bring back quiet to our people. some of your cabinet ministers think the only way to do that is to reoccupy gaza which you evacuated from and gave it up back in 2005. do you support reoccupying gaza? well, i support taking whatever action is necessary to stop this insane situation. just imagine, i mean. imagine what israel is going through. imagine that 75% of the u.s.