'We didn’t want to go to Gaza' - Israeli Foreign Ministry

Published time: 8 Jan, 2009 10:22 Edited time: 8 Jan, 2009 13:22

“We didn’t want to go to Gaza and start this operation,” said Andy David, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman.

“But we were forced to by the fact that about a million Israeli citizens are hiding in shelters because of the rocket attacks on Israel,” he added.