Michael Oren: “This is the horrible reality of this war, and it's just in our -- no, it's not just a story. I'm a dad and a grandad…”

If the United States gets behind this effort to stop both of these extremisms together with Israel, there are tremendous opportunities here.

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.

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.