Antony Blinken: “Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we…”

We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.

Where we are our now is not in a good place. What we've seen in the last weeks and months is Iran is actually moving forward with this program.

The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.

I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.