I think it'd be a big mistake. What happened in Gaza, in my view is Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don't represent all the Palestinian people. And I think that it would be a mistake to for Israel to occupy Gaza again.

I have not given up hope of bringing these folks home.

Families of American Israeli hostages are urging the Biden Administration to act now.

A week ago, we saw hate manifested another way, with the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. More than 1,300 innocent lives lost in Israel, including at least 27 Americans. Children, and grandparents alike kidnapped, held…

This is a message of deterrence, as the Biden administration watches very closely whether the fighting that's right now contained to Israel and Gaza could or would spread beyond those borders.

The Biden Administration, Israel, and in fact, many other countries are watching this play out and trying to make sure it doesn't spill over into any other countries and escalate into a regional conflict.

We could go we saw hate manifested another way in the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. More than 1300 innocent live last in Israel, including at least 27 Americans, children and grandparents alike kidnapped, held…

I say we're going to do everything in our power to find them, everything on our power. And I'm not going to go into the detail of that, but we're working like hell on it. Because I think they have to know that the president of the United…

The brutality of Hamas, the blood thirstiness brings to mind the worst -- the worst rampages of ISIS.

We want to make it real clear. We are working on every aspect of the hostage crisis in Israel. There is a lot we are doing, a lot we are doing. I have not given up hope of bringing these folks home.

the Biden administration has made it clear that it is not getting involved in this fight right now, between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

this is very much the recipient of that message. It is also worth noting, that the U.S. is a special operations team in the Jerusalem, that is scheduled to be there as part of the cooperation with Israel.

Let me say again, any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word, don't. Don't.

make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.

So in this moment, we must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. Like every nation in the world, Israel has the right to respond and indeed has a duty to respond to these vicious attacks.

This is an act of sheer evil. More than 1,000 civilians slaughtered, slaughtered. Stomach churning reports of being -- babies being killed, entire families slain, young people massacred. The brutality of Hamas, this bloodthirstiness brings…

The United States stands with Israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage.

none of the other actors or players in the region should view this as a chance to exploit an opportunity or opportunity to exploit weakness here on the part of Israel.