Antony Blinken: “Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us.”

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

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

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.

We are so happy that you're out and you're on your way home.