helped start, let s be real clear about this, the 4000 rockets that went into israel were not hamas rockets, they were iranian rockets, they were paid for built by or put together by hamas militants trained by iran in aerodynamics necessary to attack israel. you don t have to take my word for it, the iranian leader ayatollah took credit will include the victory over israel by iran and hamas is leader thanked iran for his help in the victory, to watch with the biden administration how they have emboldened around, as you said we warned them, if you reverse these policies you re gonna jeopardize the hard earned middle east peace into your question about whether the cease-fire will hold, that
putting out a fire that he helped start, let s be real clear about this, the 4000 rockets that went into israel were not hamas rockets, they were iranian rockets, they were paid for built by or put together by hamas militants trained by iran in aerodynamics necessary to attack israel. you don t have to take my word for it, the iranian leader ayatollah took credit will include the victory over israel by iran and hamas is leader thanked iran for his help in the victory, to watch with the biden administration how they have emboldened around, as you said we warned them, if you reverse these policies you re gonna jeopardize the hard earned middle east peace into your question about whether the cease-fire will hold, that
secretary of state anthony blinken will visit this region next week to discuss the recovery effort, perhaps a sign that the u.s. is worried that the cease-fire is precarious. norah. o donnell: holly williams in gaza, thank you. and back here in washington, president biden just told reporters that he hopes that the cease-fire will hold, and he s giving more details on his conversations with israel s prime minister. cbs ed o keefe is at the white house with this news. god evening, ed. reporter: good evening, norah. the president has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu six times in the last two weeks. cbs nancy cordes was the one that asked him to reassess his relationship with the israeli leader and the prospects for peace. i m praying this cease-fire will hold. i take bibi netanyahu when heta gives me his word, i take him at his word. he has never broken his word too me. and but what i ve made clear is that it s essential, it s essential that the palestinians
diplomacy. but all the while, these discussions behind the scenes to pull back the curtain a little bit at the white house, there were more than 80 calls between members of the administration and their foreign counterparts over the last week and a half. six of those calls, of course, were from the president to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his first public conversation that they shared with the leader of egypt, el sisi, did take place yesterday. they were very deliberative in how they were releasing these different kind of rollouts. and i can tell you that a senior administration official does believe that there s optimism that this cease-fire will hold, but acknowledged it s a very fragile peace. and they did take lessons from 2014 when now president biden was vice president to president obama. and that conflict that lasted more than 51 days really taught them and showed them according to some senior administration officials, they didn t want to see a repeat of that.
the response will come from the resistance. the question remains tonight whether or not this cease-fire will hold, both israel and hamas say if anyone violates the cease-fire, they will be a strong response. john: let s hope it holds. trey yingst for us in gaza city where sandra: with spring in texas republican congressman michael mccaul, thank you for being here. this is obviously a big moment in this conflict, president biden meanwhile is taking credit for it. first, listen. held intensive high-level discussions hour by hour, egypt, palestinian authorities, other middle eastern countries with the name of avoiding this sort of prolonged conflict we ve seen in previous years when hostilities have broken out. i extend my sincere gratitude to the senior egyptian officials who played such a critical role