Jared Kushner

And I have to tell you, it's been an honor to me to work with such a special man who's approached this impossible task with a full heart and with a full commitment.

And when things got tough and we ran into brick walls, every time that happened, we just said, let's make a new plan.

Let's try again.

And that's...

And that's what being partners with Steve was like.

And I also have to say, working with President Trump on this, his commitment to seeing peace, to seeing the hostages return home, to seeing Israel secure and safe, and to seeing the entire Middle East stable and thriving is unmatched.

I couldn't be more proud to see the way that the state of Israel and its people have carried themselves through this traumatic, unthinkable, horrific experience.

Instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional, you chose to stand for the values that you stand for,

And I couldn't be prouder to be a friend of Israel, somebody who supports Israel, and somebody who fights very strongly to see Israel survive, succeed, and to achieve its fullest potential.

So I think you did an excellent job of summarizing a lot of the context, but watching what's unfolded over the last 48 hours has been truly heartbreaking to see.

We're still in the early stages of what's developing, but seeing the images on X of militants, terrorists going door to door with machine guns and

gunning down innocent civilians, seeing beheaded Israeli soldiers, seeing young 20-year-olds at a rave dance party to celebrate peace with militants flying in and then shooting machine guns to kill people indiscriminately, seeing young children captive and held prisoner, seeing 80-year-old grandmothers, a Holocaust survivor, also being taken captive.

These are just images and actions that we have not seen in this world since 9-11.

This is a terror attack on the scale of which we have not seen, and it's been incredibly hard for a lot of people to comprehend.

My heart goes out, obviously, to all of the families of the victims, to the families of those who are held in captive now, and to all of Israel, because one of the beautiful things about the state of Israel is that

When one Israeli is hurting, the entire nation comes together.

It's a shame that it's taking an action like this to unify the nation, but I have seen incredibly beautiful signs over the last 48 hours of a country coming together.

The Jewish people have been under oppression before.

The Jewish people know what it's like.

And seeing people rally together to fight for their homeland, to try to reestablish safety is a very beautiful thing to watch.