Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are “trying to degrade Hamas’s terrorist abilities” amid escalating fighting during the past week that saw Hamas and related groups fire numerous rockets into Israeli civilian areas and prompted Israel to respond with numerous airstrikes. Netanyahu told CBS News that “any country has to defend itself and has a natural right of self-defense.” “We’ll do whatever it takes to restore order and quiet, and on the security of our people in deterrence. We’re trying to degrade Hamas’s terrorist abilities, and to degrade their will to do this again,” the longtime prime minister said, adding that he hopes the conflict doesn’t last long. On Saturday, the IDF confirmed it carried out an airstrike on a building that was used by Hamas in Gaza City, which was also used by Qatar-owned Al Jazeera and The Associated Press newswire service, …