Marco Rubio

I mean, that's what the talks are about.

That's what the high-level talks are going to be in Cairo tomorrow.

Oh, our expectation.

Yeah.

We want it to be as soon as possible.

There's no doubt about it.

We want it as soon as possible.

It needs to happen as quickly as possible.

And we will know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not by how these technical talks go in terms of the logistics.

But absolutely, we want these hostages, all of them, living and deceased, released as soon as possible.

We don't forget what happened on October 7th.

That's the other thing the president repeatedly points to, is remember October 7th.

But whether we agree with it or not, we have seen the impact that this has had on Israel's global standing.

And I think that's the point the president is making here, is that whether you believe it was justified or not, right or not, you cannot ignore the impact that this has had on Israel's global standing.

That said, if we never want to see this happen again...

meaning a war like this, you can never have another October 7th or anything like it ever happen again.

And that's the thing the president has reiterated and repeatedly made clear to our partners in the region.

And that is if you truly want peace and stability and a better future for the Palestinian people, then there has to be a Gaza that is not governed or controlled in any way, shape or form by Hamas or anything that looks like Hamas.

I would view it in two phases in terms of understanding how to break this out.

The first piece of it, which is very clear from the letter and Hamas's response, is they have agreed to the president's hostage release framework.