Antony Blinken: “Well, first, when it comes to treating NATO countries, we have something very powerful called Article 5, an attack on…”

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.

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