Hamas' cease-fire agreement is like a 'jailhouse conversion': Mike Pompeo

Fox News contributor and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo breaks down Hamas' cease-fire deal with the U.S. and Israel through Qatar on "The Story."

MIKE POMPEO: You know, this feels like, in the best case, a jailhouse conversion. That is, Hamas can see the handwriting on the wall and that the Israelis are going to run through the stop sign President Biden has put in front of them, and they're going to do the necessary. They're going to take out the senior leadership that is hiding in the tunnels in Rafah and elsewhere, and they're [Hamas] trying to obfuscate or delay. This article was written by Fox News staff.

When people say we've agreed to this or that, until you see the document and know what's in it, we have no idea if Hamas has really agreed to anything. And then I would remind everybody watching today, Hamas has agreed to a lot of things over time. They're the ones who broke the cease-fire. Israeli wasn't occupying Gaza since 2006. They've not been there. This is all a direct result of the decisions that Hamas has made. And so I'm hopeful that hostages will be returned. But I am equally hopeful that Israel will be permitted to continue the mission that they're on. They have to defeat Hamas. It can't be the case that this is half a loaf, because half a loaf will just end up with more October 7ths.