France, Germany 'Strongly Condemn' Rockets on Israel

 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary of State John Kerry, and released the following statement to the international community: "Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza are firing rockets on cities throughout the State of Israel – on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beer Sheba, Sderot and other cities in Israel. No country on earth would remain passive in the face of hundreds of rockets fired on its cities and Israel is no exception.

Netanyahu je govorio sa  kancelarkom Angelom Merkel,  francuskim predsjednikom Francois Hollande,  generalnim UN sekretarom Ban Ki-Moonom i sekretarom US John Kerry-jem ,  te je za međunarodnu zajednicu dao slijedeće stajalište .

 "Hamas i druge terorističke grupe u Gazi su ispalile rakete na gradove diljem države Izrael - na Tel Aviv, Jeruzalem, Haifu, Beer Sheba, Siderot i druge. Nijedna zemlja na svijetu ne bi ostala pasivna suočena sa stotinama raketa palim na svoje gradove i Izrael nije iznimka".   Danas smo proširili operacije protiv Hamasa i drugih grupa u Gazi. Mi  ćemo nastaviti štititi naše civile protiv napada Hamasa. Hamas je, suprotno tome, ostavio palestinske civile napadanju. On je ubacio svoje teroriste u bolnice, škole, džamije i stambene zgrade u području Pojasa Gaze.Tako je načinio dvostruki ratni zločin; napad na izraelske civile,  a  sam se sakriva  iza palestinskih civila.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she telephoned Netanyahu and “condemned without reservation rocket fire on Israel." "There is no justification" for such attacks, Merkel told Netanyahu, according to her spokeswoman.

Francois Hollande "expressed France's solidarity (with Israel) in the face of rocket fire from Gaza" and told Netanyahu "that France strongly condemns these aggressions," said a statement from the French presidency. Hollande also said that it was up to Israel "to take all measures to protect its population in the face of threats" but reminded the Israeli premier "of the need to prevent an escalation of violence."