On Thursday's broadcast of "CNN This Morning," Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) argued that the primary pressure to achieve a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict has to be put on Hamas and that Hamas "is not an organization that can be negotiated with, absent supreme military leverage." He also stated that he fears that creating a dynamic where Israel is pressured to provide concessions to achieve a ceasefire deal every time Hamas executes one of the hostages they took in the October 7 attack will end up creating "a downward spiral and an incentive structure whereby Hamas executes more hostages for more concessions."