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.

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.