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Would you pull out the israeli troops? >> hamas could say something and do something else. we also don't want to give hamas a time-out because they could lick their wounds and then rockets on israel tomorrow or the day after. we're looking for sustained period of quiet. >> israeli military officials have told me they want to destroy as much as possible because they anticipate pressure for cease-fire will grow. is it accurate analysis? >> we are acting today our military to take apart hamas' terrorist infrastructure that is happening as we speak. when this is over and hamas and the hamas leader...

Thousands of israeli troops in gaza right now, we understand. >> we do what needs to be done to protect our people. now, we've of course, mobilized many troops. they're not all in action. we have different options. we'll see what will contingencies develop. we'll do what needs to be done to stop those missiles coming into our cities. >> what are you hearing about casualties in ga da? >> at the moment our casualty rate has thankly been very low. we are doing our best to keep palestinian casualties also low. our problem is hamas has exactly the opposite agenda. when we tell gaza civilians to eva...

On msnbc. our ability to shoot down incoming rockets before they hit their targets in israel and that's an american-israeli joint venture and i thank the american people for the support of that. when we're striking terrorist targets in gaza, we're trying to be as surgically as possible in a complex combat situation because hamas -- making a maximum effort to save lives, hamas uses the people of gaza as a human shield. they embed their terrorist machine inside schools, sports stadiums, urban areas, mosques and so we have a very serious tactical challenge. how do you stop them shooting the rocke...

Hamas has figured out how to hide the missile batteries and hide the rocket launchers. and that israel is hitting civilian targets and not getting what it really is after. >> i don't think to -- if you don't mind the pun, it's not rocket science. it's clear what they've done. they've disposed their missiles in civilian neighborhoods. forcing us to be in a very difficult combat situation because obviously you don't want to hurt civilians. that's not your goal. at the same time you have to stop the rockets being fired. and hamas has deliberately embedded its terrorist machine inside urban areas....

Were fighting from the wrong deal. what would the united states do, if rockets were being fired from outside the frontier on american citizens. you would also respond. >> some of those palestinian rockets from gaza were aimed at israel's nuclear reactor in the desert. what can you tell us about that? >> i don't specifically know that for a fact. i do know that there were missiles launched on the city of dimona and on cities throughout israel and all of the way up north, if you remember the north north of tel aviv to places like kadera. people think of hamas as a terrorist group maybe with one ...