Blinken on Gruesome Photos of Israeli Victims of Hamas: ‘Depravity in the Worst Imaginable Way’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Israeli government showed him disturbing images of the attack.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference in Beijing American Center at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Oct. 12 that the gruesome photos and videos that he has seen of Israeli victims of the surprise terrorist attack by Hamas showed “depravity in the worst imaginable way.”

Mr. Blinken is in Israel amid its conflict with Hamas—designated a terrorist group by the United States—which attacked the Jewish state beginning on Oct. 7 by firing hundreds of missiles and sending gunmen pouring across the barrier fence and rampaging through Israeli towns.