Antony Blinken: “There would be consequences if he did not.”

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

We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.

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

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.