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IDF: Israel Has Right to Defend Itself
(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - Despite sorrow over the death of a Palestinian girl in an IDF strike, a senior Southern Command official emphasized that Israel has the right to defend itself from Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza. "What country in the world would sit by idly while it is being fired at?" an army source said. The IDF Spokesman's Office said Monday: "The citizens of Israel face daily, indiscriminative terror attacks from Gaza. The IDF works to protect the Israeli people and conducts retaliatory shooting at launching sites, while attempting not to hit populated areas. Unfortunately, the terror organizations take advantage of the army's sensitivity regarding attacks on civilians, and deliberately act from inside populated areas, using the Palestinian people as a human shield. The IDF regrets the harm caused to civilians and their property, but this is the inevitable result of the continuation of rocket strikes. The terror groups and the Palestinian Authority bear the responsibility for that, as they do nothing to stop the Kassam fire."