Ex-Israeli defense minister: Civilian deaths are regrettable

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00:00Do you support Israel's attacks on Iran?

00:03And I just want to say to you, according to official figures,

00:07around 606 civilians have died in Iran since the 13th of June,

00:15since Israel launched their attacks on the country.

00:20Yes, but I'm very sorry for every civilian, Iranian civilian, that was killed.

00:27And just as I'm very sorry for every citizen in Gaza who is being killed.

00:34But this is not because we are seeking to kill civilians.

00:37This is because we have to go after military or operational targets,

00:43and those are embedded into civilian society,

00:46and that's the result of what happened, unfortunately, in Gaza.

00:50You know, if you talk about damages,

00:57surrounding damages in military operations around the world,

01:01Israel is achieving the highest ratio, I would say, of kind of one-to-one,

01:08which, professionally speaking, consider to be a good operational ratio.

01:13But, once again, I'm very, very sorry for every loss of life which is unnecessary.

01:19I'm very sorry.