Hamas has said recent remarks by former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller under the Biden administration, who acknowledged that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza, as “an important admission”, Al Jazeera reports.

“[It] condemns the occupation, confirms its crimes, and exposes the US administration’s attempts to obscure the truth about this brutal war against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip,” the group said in a statement.

Miller recently told UK broadcaster Sky News that it was “without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes” in Gaza.

Hamas highlighted Miller’s statement that “he was not permitted to tell the truth” while in office, “exposes the deep political complicity of the US administration with the occupation and its criminal cover-up of its brutal violations”.

“This admission not only condemns the occupation, but also holds Washington directly accountable as an actual partner in the war crimes and genocide perpetrated against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, through funding, arming, providing political and diplomatic protection, and misleading media coverage,” it added.