Antony Blinken: “We are, as a general rule, much better off being at the table than being outside the room.”

I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.

The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.

The U.S. government was concerned Beijing was considering augmenting its support for Russia with 'everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves.'

We have offered them nothing not to invade Rafah except a plan to deal more effectively with Rafah.