Factbox-What have US presidential candidates said about Hamas' attack on Israel?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : It was earmarked for humanitarian needs and has yet to be spent by Iran.
51% : " ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist who is running for the White House as a long-shot independent, condemned the "barbaric attacks.
49% : "Israel, with the full support of the United States, should kill Hamas members and extinguish their entire infrastructure," DeSantis said on social media site X, formerly Twitter Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, DeSantis pushed back on the fact the funds had yet to be transferred to Iran.
32% : He said Israel had a right to defend itself and called the Hamas attack "an act of sheer evil." His administration pushed back against Republican criticism of a deal with Iran by which five detained U.S. citizens were allowed to leave that country in exchange for the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian funds for humanitarian-related purposes.
22% : " U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran has not yet been able to spend a single dollar of the funds that were unfrozen in a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap in September.

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