MUST WATCH: Brett McGurk, Biden's White House Middle East coordinator who negotiated hostage deals, lays out five important points about the hostage negotiations between Israel and Hamas. 0:00 The idea that Hamas was ready to release all the hostages right after October 7th is "complete bullshit." Hamas's core demand was every Palestinian prisoner and "we stay in power," and he has "no doubt" it planned to hold hostages for years. 1:31 The first deal collapsed when Hamas held back the young women and asked to "skip to the older men." Israel refused unanimously, because skipping them would have been "signing their death sentence." 3:30 Hamas "would sit on offers" and never accepted the deal Biden announced on May 31st, even with Netanyahu's yes, unanimous UN Security Council backing, and heavy prisoners (convicted murderers) on the table. 5:13 Biden told Netanyahu "I could cut you off," which McGurk opposed. The public pressure over Ramadan and Rafah "played back extremely negatively in the hostage talks," with Sinwar in Rafah watching. 7:05 After six hostages were murdered in a tunnel under Rafah, McGurk concluded: "We're not going to get a hostage deal until Yahya Sinwar is dead." Source: Call Me Back - with Dan Senor