Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an agreement with Hamas to end its war with Israel “probably won’t happen” because “savage terrorists don’t often agree to disarm” during a press conference Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Asked whether he felt that “the military dismantlement of Hamas was still possible,” Rubio told reporters in Jerusalem that the terror group was welcome to end its side of the war at any time — but that scenario was unlikely.
“Hamas can surrender tonight if they want, lay down their weapons ,” he said. “The problem is they’re a terrorist group, a barbaric group whose stated mission is the destruction of the Jewish state. So we’re not counting on that from happening.”
While Rubio said the United States would prefer to see the nearly three-y