I would like to see more aid personally, and I'm sure that this -- what has occurred, this tragedy will probably strengthen the president's hand and trying to persuade Israeli leaders to go against public opinion.
Michael Oren expresses his personal desire for increased aid to Palestinians and the potential impact of recent tragedies on Israeli leadership.
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You can shoot 350 projectiles at us. And if one of them had gotten through, it could have killed thousands of people.
We've learned that Hamas will hold onto these hostages. Some will be killed. Many will be tortured. But generally, Hamas wants to hold on to these hostages and use them as bargaining chips.
I think that any effort to release hostages is good. But at the end of the day, Israel was going to have to take the measures to defend itself.
If the ceasefire goes on, Hamas is going to use that period to lay more booby traps, to move equipment around.