US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press at Cairo airport as he departs

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US Secretary of State leaves Cairo after holding talks with Egypt's president.

Blinken says it is important to make it clear that the US has Israel's back meanwhile Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi says the conflict is likely to have repercussions across the Middle East region.

Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane joins us live from Washington DC to discuss more about this.

For in depth analysis, Gawdat Bahgat is a professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University. He also joins us from Washington DC.

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