Michael Oren: “The Obama administration has said time and again that they're determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”

Nobody wants to harm civilians. It's just like we care deeply about the terrible agony that the parents and families of these hostages are going through.

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.

A ceasefire means Hamas wins. As simple as that.

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.