The President joins the explanations: "Jabari fired on children during hudna"

Following the tense situation in the south and 'pillar of defense', President Shimon Peres opened a marathon of interviews to foreign media, to strengthen the position of Israel in the world. To do so the President's home became today an improvised TV studio, with many teams of photographers, sound and lighting, which were converted into rooms and halls as open studios, and the President, 'skipped' between different channels, especially: Sky- UK, RAI- Italy, Al Jazeera, and German-ARD.

These interviews are in conjunction with the interviews that the President gave in recent to the German newspaper 'Die Welt', CNN network, Bloomberg U.S., ap and Reuters. In addition, the President delivered his messages to the world of social networks and especially Twitter, YouTube, Instegram, and through a special Facebook application "life under the air raids", where he gives the stories of the citizens and children of the south throughout the social networking world.

Channel Sky UK asked the President of the policies of the State of Israel as part of the operation, Peres said: "Israel will not tolerate the firing of rockets on its citizens, Hamas does not allow mothers and children throughout Israel to sleep at night, what would London do if rockets were fired on its citizens a number of times a day? If they were falling on school buildings?"

The President revealed the fact that for a long time children's buses in southern Israel are suffering from them, and said to the Jazeera reporter who asked why Israel killed Ahmed Jabari during the 'hudna': "we must consider the facts, and the facts are that the murderer was responsible for the attack on a children's bus during the hudna. Is the meaning of hudna that it is okay for them to shoot and we are not allowed to return?" asked the president, adding: "The IDF's maximum prudence, intelligence and accuracy efforts are preventing killing of innocent civilians. Hamas uses homes and shoots from mosques – they are endangering the lives of civilians in Gaza and the lives of Israeli citizens."

The President expressed his appreciation to the Iron Dome, saying: "The Iron Dome saves the lives of Israeli citizens. Israel has the best technology in the world, and I am proud of the fact that we use this technology for protection."

The President emphasized to reporters that there is currently no humanitarian blockade in Gaza, and the road to Gaza is open: "No one can say today that Gaza is occupied, Israel left Gaza voluntarily without any compensation. There is no blockade on Gaza and the only siege we do is a blockade of the entry of weapons. Iran sends weapons to Hamas to shoot rockets at Israel, so no wonder we do not want that weapon to enter Gaza and get shot at us: 'We are not confiscating food and made no economic boycott - but Iran has the death industry that is trying to convey to Hamas."

In answer to the reporter's questions about Israel's position on the cease-fire, the President said: "the sole purpose of Israel is to live quietly and peacefully, of course we want to stop a war, but we are not the ones who opened it! The people of Israel are more unified than ever, and the world supports Israel's position that they restore the quiet to citizens of the south."

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