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US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the United States was "opposed" to an invasion of Rafah during a press briefing a day after US President Joe Biden said that it would suspend offensive arms transfers to Israel if it launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in 2017. Gaza.
Later in the briefing, Miller added: "We never said that Israel should not be able to do anything to confront the Hamas battalions that are there," but the United States did privately discussed alternative paths to a ground invasion with Israeli officials.
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