Israeli Spokesman: Cease-Fires Apply to Hamas as Well

Regev: Ceasefires Apply to Hamas As Well (Washington Free Beacon)

Israeli spokesman Mark Regev explained to CNN that the reason fighting had resumed in Gaza Wednesday was Hamas had openly rejected a humanitarian ceasefire request and resumed firing at Israel.

“The truth is we announced earlier today a humanitarian ceasefire,” Regev said. “We did that in coordination with the United Nations at their request. The trouble is Hamas rejected it and then continued to shoot. A ceasefire means not just [an] Israel ceasefire. A ceasefire means that Hamas must cease fire too, and if rockets continue to be shot at our cities and so forth, of course, that means the ceasefire has become null and void and so we have restarted operations.”

@ This Hour host John Berman asked Regev whether Israel needed to do more to protect children and civilians in Gaza after an attack on a U.N. school killed 19.