Antony Blinken: “We are not chasing any deals. In fact, if we had been chasing a deal, we could have taken a deal months ago.”

That statement is incorrect.

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 U.S. government was concerned Beijing was considering augmenting its support for Russia with 'everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves.'