REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTEL AVIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Israelis interviewed on Tel Aviv's streets backed their army's resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, acknowledging the dangers but blaming Hamas for the collapse of a week-long truce.
"We still have 156 hostages in Gaza, still have babies there ... We don't want this war, but we have to," he said.
"I hope Hamas will be clever enough to keep the hostages safe and also the innocent citizens of Gaza, that they will be safe also," she said.
And I don't believe Hamas will give up all the hostages because they use it as a human shield.
"So if they give up all of them, they won't have anything to stand up against Israel because Israel has a much stronger army than Hamas does.
Persons:
Abu Mustafa, it's, Dvir Feller, Yael Segal, I'm, doesn't, Segal, Lior Feuer, Tania Rubinshtein, Nathan Frandino, Howard Goller, William Maclean
Organizations:
REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, TEL AVIV, Tel