Husseini continued shouting, mentioning Israel’s “nuclear weapons”, then saying, “I was sitting here quietly and now I’m being manhandled by two or three people,” referring to security guards who physically carried him out of the room.

Israel's assault on Gaza is likely to define the foreign policy legacy of the outgoing Biden administration, despite a deal reached with Palestinian militant group Hamas on Wednesday on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages.

Jordanian-Palestinian independent journalist Sam Husseini of the Institute for Public Accuracy was pick up from his chair by four security guards and hauled out of the final press briefing of Secretary of State Antony Blinken because he insisted on asking questions about the Biden administration’s support for genocide in Gaza.