Antony Blinken: “Far too many politicians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks.”

The United States and other world leaders stand by that comprehensive proposal that President Biden laid out 10 days ago.

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.

That statement is incorrect.

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