Antony Blinken: “We have worked in new and effective ways to deal with that, to push back against that.”

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 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.

Where we are our now is not in a good place. What we've seen in the last weeks and months is Iran is actually moving forward with this program.

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