Israel wants to do it, they will do it on their own. That's the kind of activity we want to encourage. But they have to know that we will stand resolutely with them. See, Hamas had calculated that the American and Israeli relationship was being weakened because Biden and Blinken and the team were equivocating. We won't do that. We have a new sheriff in town. When the president stood at Mar a Lago a week ago and said, there will be hell to pay if you don't get those hostages back. (25:37–25:45)
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Asserts that Hamas believed the U.S.-Israel relationship was weakening due to perceived indecision by Biden and Blinken.
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