Several times during Blinken's opening remarks, two members of the audience repeatedly interjected with shouted questions about U.S. support for Israel and conditions in Gaza, and, at times, personal attacks aimed at Blinken and other State Department officials.

Antony Blinken was interrupted as he gave his final comments State Department’s briefing room. As he touted the Biden administration’s help brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, two journalists accused him of complicity in Israeli violence.

Multiple hecklers interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on January 16 inside the State Department briefing room during his remarks on the heels of a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Blinken was interrupted at least two other times earlier with similar heckling denouncing U.