Former US ambassador: Hamas trying to survive

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00:00With Iran's ability to help Hamas now degraded after the U.S.-Israeli strikes,

00:06will this force the militant group to accept the ceasefire deal on the table?

00:13I think that's a great point. I mean, you know, on the one hand, Hamas's support from Iran is no longer existent,

00:22but Hamas itself is devastated. And so I think Hamas is, by saying that, you know, we demand a full end of the war,

00:32they're in sort of desperate straits. I mean, they want to survive physically.

00:36And I think they're looking for a political way to be able to maintain some authority.

00:43And I don't know at the end of the day how much longer, who knows how much longer they can fight.

00:48And eventually every war ends with a political settlement of some sort.

00:52It's just unclear if now is that moment and how much fight is left in Hamas.