Matthew Miller, a former State Department spokesman, said the United States could have done more to prevent death from Gaza.
A former U.S. State Department spokesman said Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza.
Matthew Miller told the Sky News Trump100 podcast on Monday that he “no doubt” determined that Israel had committed war crimes in a military offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Miller has until this year regularly defended then-President Joe Biden's pro-Israel policy, but stressed that he does not believe genocide is underway.
But he suggested that there is no greater pressure on Israel within the U.S. government.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, at least 54,381 Palestinians were killed and 124,054 were injured. Almost 2.3 million people in all enclaves were displaced, and Israel’s blockade threatened famine.
During his time at the State Department, Miller repeatedly clashed with journalists who questioned U.S. responses to Gaza’s handling, including repeated explosions of medical facilities and refugee camps that shelter Israeli civilians, as well as ongoing U.S. military aid to Israel and possible violations of international law.
In an incident last November, Miller was condemned in a question about Israel's blocking of aid in Gaza.
Miller emphasized in the interview that as a spokesperson, he did not promote his opinion, but expressed the formal position of the Biden administration.
“You are the president, the spokesperson for the government and support the position of the government,” he said. “You can speak your own opinions when you are not in the government.”
Asked about his experience with the issue, Miller said the Biden administration had “small and small parties” disagreements on how to deal with Israel.
"There has been disagreement in how to deal with policy. Some of them are big disagreements, some of them are almost no disagreements," he said.
In particular, he hints at the tension between Biden and Secretary of State Anthony in the blink of an eye.
Although the former official said he did not believe that Israel was genocide in Gaza, he admitted that “it could exist” that the United States could have put pressure on stopping the war and prevented “thousands of … innocent civilians do not want this war.”