Antony Blinken: “We're standing up for our interests and values--not shrinking back.”

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.

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

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