US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented in a joint statement with Prime Minister Netanyahu: 'We know Hamas doesn't represent the Palestinian people, or their legitimate aspirations to live with equal measures of security, freedom, justice, opportunity, and dignity. It rules repressively and dedicates the resources it has to terror tunnels and rockets. It didn't commit it's heinous acts with the interests of Palestinians in mind, and does not stand for the future Palestinians want for their people or their children."