Israel has achieved its stated goals regarding the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has argued Israel has done to Hamas what it claimed it intended to do and should now stop its military operations in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Israel besieged the Palestinian enclave in October 2023 after the militant group based there launched an incursion into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages. Amid the