US’s Rubio says efforts to recognise Palestinian state make it harder to end war – as it happened

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• Rubio says Netanyahu has full support of US

That brings the press conference to a close, as Netanyahu takes a moment to acknowledge both his and Rubio's staff who are sat in the front row.

The main takeaways from the event, which lasted just over half an hour, are that the US views international efforts to recognise the Palestinian state as a hindrance to peace efforts and that Netanyahu refuses to rule out future strikes on Hamas leaders - wherever they are.