This war becomes the alternative and it is unfortunate
US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff told Fox 1. This is on Hamas 2. The United States stands with the State of Israel 3. That’s a 100% commitment”
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“We’ve expressed that Hamas had every opportunity to demilitarize, to accept the bridging proposal that would have given us a 40 or 50 day ceasefire where we could have discussed demilitarization and a final truce
There were all kinds of opportunities to do that and they elected not to”
Witkoff added,
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“This (war) becomes the alternative and it is unfortunate”
Witkoff clarified that the US would still be “amenable” oh, please if Hamas reached out again
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“I certainly hope we get everybody back to the table and get the hostages home”
On Friday, Witkoff had told Tucker Carlson that the parties were already “talking” after Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza
Iran
Asked by Fox about Iran, Witkoff reiterated what he told Carlson’s podcast on Friday about US President Donald Trump’s letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Al Khamenei
Our signal to Hamas and to Iran is ‘let’s sit down and see if we can through diplomacy get to the right place’ 1. If we can, we’re prepared to do that 2. If we can’t, the alternative is not a great alternative
Witkoff said, adding that Iran cannot be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon Top security official US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz says US wants ‘full dismantlement’ of Iran’s nuke program
