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Btw, just two days ago Miller has let it slip through that the USA never wanted to reach a diplomatic solution with Hamas.

United States Department of State

Department Press Briefing - September 30, 2024 - United States Department of State

1:18 p.m. EDT MR MILLER:  Okay, before we move to questions, just a couple of brief opening comments.   The Secretary and other senior offic

MR MILLER:  So every conflict is different, but if you look at what we continue to engage with Israel about when it comes to Lebanon, it is ensuring that they have the ability to attack terrorist targets, terrorist infrastructure, a terrorist organization.  But ultimately we want to see a diplomatic resolution.  

QUESTION:  Well, was that the case with Rafah, for instance?  Not just in Rafah, but —

MR MILLER:  We’ve – we’ve never – hold on.  We’ve never wanted to see a diplomatic resolution with Hamas.

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QUESTION:  Okay, but so, for instance, other UN satellite image shows that 66 percent of Gaza structures have been damaged, and you earlier today said that the U.S. supports the targeting of terrorist infrastructure, not civilian infrastructure.  Does the US believe 66 percent of Gaza’s buildings are terrorist infrastructure? 

MR MILLER:  Absolutely not – absolutely not, which is why we have been engaged to try to reach a ceasefire to end that conflict, which is why we have been pushing for a ceasefire for months.  And I wish that Hamas would come to the table and work with us on a ceasefire.  As you saw – as you heard me saying earlier, Hamas has been absent for weeks, won’t even respond to the mediators putting forward ideas asking whether they would agree to a ceasefire or not.