We have 20 living ones left in the Hamas captivity and 30 who are not alive. As I said before, if we don't do anything, we're not going to get them out. The option of just doing a war of attrition from defensive positions has not proved itself. And I think it will just. It won't get them out, but I think it will draw us into a protracted conflict that doesn't bring the war to an end. (16:24–16:32)
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