the spread of the conflict from gaza. what does it mean? it means giving israel time and space to accomplish its mission while preventing and deterring any group or nation from really lending help to the palestinians. this strategy has failed. the war in gaza has spread near and wide. it's escalating. it's escalating that my fear is that the longer the war goes on in gaza, the greater risk of a region wide conflict. and the biden administration is partly responsible for this because it has really the key to resolve this particular crisis by agreeing to a humanitarian ceasefire, which most of the world had been calling for in the past three months or so. >> so let me ask you about the other piece you mentioned, which is hezbollah. what is likely to happen when