Antony Blinken: “They will not be, in a sense, a threshold state at the end of this.”

That statement is incorrect.

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

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.

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.