WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple hecklers interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday inside the State Department briefing room during his remarks on the heels of a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.
“Criminal! You belong in The Hague,” independent journalist Sam Husseini shouted as Blinken delivered opening remarks at his final news conference. The Hague is where the International Criminal Court is located.
Husseini was carried out by security personnel after his repeated shouts.
Blinken was interrupted at least two other times earlier with similar heckling denouncing U.S. policy on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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