Michael Oren: “Ceasefire means Hamas wins.”

We want to retain the regional alliance that emerged after last Saturday night of moderate Sunni state standing, you know, basically shoulder to shoulder with us against Iran.

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.

We know that when we send our children out to battle, if they -- you know, God forbid -- fall prisoner, the state will do everything, everything to get it back.

You can shoot 350 projectiles at us. And if one of them had gotten through, it could have killed thousands of people.