Michael Oren: “It's existential for the state of Israel. It's not a matter of negotiation. It's something we have to end the threat, we…”

Now it’s the first time that I’ve seen in history when we have the opportunity to make the strategy the strategy. It’s not a tactic.

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

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

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.