During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced protests from a group supporting Palestine. The demonstrators, protesting Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, painted their hands red to symbolize the blood of Palestinians and interrupted Blinken’s testimony, calling him a “war criminal,” “minister of genocide,” “bloody butcher,” and blaming him for the deaths of 40,000 Palestinians.
Blinken remained composed, waiting for the protesters to be escorted out before continuing his speech.