Antony Blinken: “Absolutely. We stand by our commitments to both countries.”

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.

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.

That statement is incorrect.

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.