Security removed the reporter from Blinken’s final press conference.

Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken’s final press conference quickly descended into chaos after reporters, including one activist, were forcibly removed from the event.

The men accused Blinken of “genocide” and a “criminal” for failing to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel sooner.

Writer and activist Sam Hussaini had to be dragged away by security. Another reporter, Max Blumenthal of Grayzone News, got off more peacefully but had to be escorted out after shouting questions at Blinken about why the bombs were still falling when we had the deal in May.

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, Hostage Release Agreement Reached: ‘Americans Will Be Part Of That’

“Are you a bishop about a free press?” Husseini exploded. “I’m asking questions after being told by Matt Miller that he won’t answer my questions, and so I’m asking them. Wasn’t the May 31st statement to block ICJ orders? You blocked the ICJ? Order!”

Blumenthal asked Blinken why he allowed the “carnage of our time” to accompany him, but that didn’t stop the violence. Blinken continued to try to get back on course during the hiatus, at one point asking people to “respect the process”, but Husseini refused.

“Oh, respect the process?” Hussain shouted as he carried it. “Respect the process. Everyone – from the international community – from Amnesty International to the ICJ, Israel is committing genocide and genocide and you are telling me to respect the process. Criminal! Why are you not in The Hague?”

Eventually, three security guards tried to take Hussain out of the room and grabbed him. As he continued to yell at Blinken, Hussaini slammed the table he was sitting on and shouted: “You’re hurting me, you’re hurting me!”

The United States, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire this week – the basis of which was proposed by President Joe Biden in May. Israel still needs to fully ratify the deal, but a three-step process is expected to begin as early as Sunday. In the year The deal marked the first reprieve in the fighting since a brief truce was reached in November 2023, but fighting resumed several days later, with both sides arguing for violations of the accord.

Hamas uses bodies as ‘bargaining chips’, says father of American hostages in Gaza

“Three hundred journalists in Gaza were welcoming your bombing. Why did you keep bombing when we reached a deal?” Blumenthal lashed out at Blanken, after the secretary of state thanked members for his “tough questions” during his four years in office. “You all know we have a deal. Everyone in this room knows we have a deal, Tony, and you set the bombs off.”

Hamas’s Gaza death toll has been questioned, as a new report says the report has led to ‘widespread errors and distortions’.

A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that it is committed to advancing press freedom and values ​​the opportunity to speak regularly with members of the press. But the State Department also follows agency rules, which state that anyone participating in a department press conference must conduct themselves in a professional manner, adhere to pre-set restrictions and not disrupt other speakers.

Blinken defended the Biden administration’s policy approach to the fight in Gaza during his final press conference as secretary of state on Thursday. Hamas has admitted that the war in Gaza has created a “special challenge” because of the humanitarian issues faced by Palestinians since launching the offensive on October 7, 2023. They also acknowledge that the United States has real differences with Israel on the road. It has passed the important defense of its people and the country.

But President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said earlier this year that the Biden administration “doesn’t believe what’s happening in Gaza is genocide.”

Click here to access the FOX NEWS app

This week’s deal quickly fizzled out as Hamas sought to push last-minute demands into the deal. In addition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced pressure from far-right politicians. Still, on Friday morning, Netanyahu said that the ceasefire and ceasefire agreement, pending approval by Israel’s security cabinet and government, is still in place and is expected to begin on Sunday.