00:00The president actually put out a truth this morning that I thought was very instructive.
00:04We know that Hamas has to comply with the deal, and if Hamas doesn't comply with the deal,
00:08very bad things are going to happen. But I'm not going to do what the president of the United
00:11States has thus far refused to do, which is put an explicit deadline on it, because a lot of this
00:16stuff is difficult. A lot of this stuff is unpredictable. You basically have two regions
00:21in Gaza, one of which is relatively safe, I wouldn't say very safe, and one of which is
00:25incredibly dangerous. And part of ensuring that we get to a durable peace is to broaden the scope
00:32of the area that's safe. And the International Security Force is a big part of that. We don't
00:36yet have the International Security Force set up. That's something we're working towards. We have
00:40a number of volunteers who want to participate in that International Security Force. So my point is,
00:45I don't think it's actually advisable for us to say this has to be done in a week, because a lot of
00:50this work is very hard. It's never been done before. And in order for us to give it a chance to succeed,
00:55we've got to be a little bit flexible. I think what you're seeing from our Gulf Arab friends,
01:00certainly from our Israeli friends, is a certain amount of impatience with Hamas. But we're going
01:04to keep on working at this process, and we're going to keep on trying to bring the deceased
01:08hostages home, but also make sure that all Gazans are able to live in a prosperous and safe place.
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