Antony Blinken: “We are engaged in a competition.”

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.

The bottom line is this: We want Ukraine to win.

The United States and other world leaders stand by that comprehensive proposal that President Biden laid out 10 days ago.

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.