US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference in Tel Aviv this evening: "Prime Minister Netanyahu also made clear that Israel intends to resume its military operations against Hamas when Hamas stops releasing hostages. As we've said from the outset: Israel has the right to do everything it can to ensure that the slaughter Hamas carried out on October 7 can never be repeated. Hamas cannot remain in control of Gaza. It cannot retain the capacity to repeat that carnage."