Rubio Is Skeptical of Gaza Deal During Jerusalem Visit

I don’t know of anyone who would not rather see a negotiated settlement in which Hamas agrees to no longer be a terrorist group, lay down their arms, free the hostages, by the way — not just the hostages that they’re holding from Israel, but frankly, the people of Gaza that they’re also holding hostage as human shields. So that would be the ideal outcome, and one we would all like to see. It’s one that’s been worked on, but I think we have to be prepared for the fact that savage terrorists don’t normally agree to things like that. But we’ll continue to pursue that route. It’s the ideal outcome, but it may require ultimately a concise military operation to eliminate them.