News Brief12:38 PM

(IsraelNN.com) Knesset Member Effie Eitam (National Union) said that the killing of a woman and four children during a counterterrorist operation Monday morning is the result of Hamas terrorists' lack of morals in attacking Israeli civilians while exploiting Gaza Arabs.

"It is a terrible incident, but they do not care about their citizens," he told Voice of Israel government radio. "The lives of Israel citizens and soldiers are most important to us. If we hurt civilians, it is a mistake, while terrorists do so intentionally." He noted that Gaza-based terrorists killed two Israeli civilians two weeks ago and then exploit Israeli counterterrorist attacks despite their own use of Gaza residents as human shields.