Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami: "These types of wars cannot be won" He warns that stopping the war now will leave Hamas victorious. "If Hamas is not defeated, there is no way that Hamas will not be part of a new Palestinian Authority," he says.

"Iran knows very well that it itself can be the target," says Ben ami. "No one is interested at this moment in an all-out war in the area," says the political analyst.