Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev defended Israel's recent expansion of their offensive in Gaza, saying, "When the diplomatic door was closed shut by Hamas we had no option but to act military against those missiles and those tunnels."
Regev pointed to the broken cease-fire which Hamas violated after only a few hours of holding fire, and described their underground tunnels which allow them to penetrate Israeli territory, "pop out of the ground at a place where we wouldn't expect, and to cause murder and mayhem, mass casualty attacks."
"We're prepared to expand if need be, ultimately to commit ground forces to combat operations inside Gaza is not an easy decision, it's only been taken after we looked at all the different options," he explained. "There is also a price in not acting, in not moving to protect our people against those terrorist tunnels."
"When will you know you've won?" Asked CNN's Carol Costello.
"You know, victory for us is actually peace and quiet. Victory for us is the Israeli civilian population not having to live in fear of an incoming terrorist rocket from Gaza. Victory for us is just having a normal life," said Regev.