NEW DELHI: With reports that fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas is โexpected to end on thursdayโ, Ambassador Michael Oren, Former Deputy Minister in the Prime Ministerโs Office and Ex-Israeli Envoy to the U.S. tells StratNews, โwhile pressure is mounting on us from the United States and from parts of the international community, Israel is very determined to continue this fight until Hamas is paralyzed and thinks twice for many, many years, before firing rockets at us again.โ Speaking on โThe Gistโ, the Former Israeli Parliament-Knesset member adds, โthe goal is to create deterrence-to create a situation where Hamas leaders know that they will pay an incredibly steep price for their aggression.โ Speaking to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi, the author of several New York Times bestsellers also discusses the โIron Domeโ, proportionality in military action, โHamas using civilians as a human shieldโ, the political gains for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas in the Palestinian political structure, โwhat Israel needs and what America wantsโ, Chinaโs de-escalation push at the UN Security Council and Beijingโs involvement in the Arab world, the Abraham Accords, Indiaโs foreign policy and the killing of Soumya Santosh, a care-giver from Kerala.