U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra acknowledge each other at a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra acknowledge each other at a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Two Iron Dome missiles launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Palestinian militants have fired at least one long-range rocket at Tel Aviv on Sunday, the fourth day in a row which the Israeli heartland has come under fire and Israel continues to strike back, hitting two media centers in the Gaza Strip and warning that targets include military commanders of the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Palestinians walk through the debris after an Israeli air strike on building in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
BANGKOK (AP) ? President Barack Obama says Israel has a right to defend itself from missiles being aimed at the country by militants in the Gaza Strip.
Obama says "no country on earth would tolerate missiles raining down" on its people and says any effort to resolve the conflict in Gaza "starts with no missiles being fired into Israel's territory."
Obama's comments come as Israeli strikes hit two media centers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as violence continues to escalate. Palestinian militants meanwhile fired at least one more long-range rocket at Tel Aviv, the fourth day in a row the city has come under fire.
The rocket was intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system.
Obama spoke at a news conference Sunday in Bangkok. He's on a three-country tour of Asia.
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