Michael Oren: “And if we restore Hamas rule in Gaza, the whole process is just going to start again.”

Israel has to, on one hand, defend itself, defend the country, restore its internal security because we have 250,000 people who can't go back to their homes.

If the ceasefire goes on, Hamas is going to use that period to lay more booby traps, to move equipment around.

Hamas knows once it released the last 10 hostages, then Israel can then go into those tunnels, flood them with water, flood them with whatever flammable substance that we can find, and that will be the end of Hamas.

The difference between tactics and strategy is in the hands of Donald Trump.