WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will take "whatever action is necessary" to halt Hamas cross-border rocket attacks from Gaza and restore calm but insisted his forces were doing their utmost to avoid civilian casualties there.
"We try to target military targets and unfortunately there are civilian casualties which we regret and we don’t seek," Netanyahu told CNN shortly after an Israeli attack on a Gaza neighbourhood killed at least 62 Palestinians.
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