hamas political leader. concerns that these daily skirmishes that we have seen between israel and hezbollah could escalate into a much more devastating war between those two parties. the secretary of state also focusing on trying to get those hostages out of gaza. qatar, of course, has been a key mediator in those talks. there are believed to be 132 hostages still remaining in gaza. as many as eight of them are believed to be american citizens. so as the secretary of state arrives in israel, that remains to be a critical discussion. trying to revive those negotiations between israel and hamas mediated by the qataris with the americans. it also comes as we hit this three-month mark of this war between israel and hamas. the united states, of course, has been pressuring israel to do more to protect civilian life in gaza and also to begin to transition this war to a lower intensity phase.