State Dept. reacts to resignation of staffer over US inaction on Rafah invasion [Video]

The Department of State has responded to inquiries about a staffer who publicly resigned over U.S. inaction regarding the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza.

Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller pushed back on former staffer Annelle Sheline’s public resignation earlier in the day, which she told outlets was due to being “unable to serve an administration that enables such atrocities” occurring in Gaza. 

“She was a fellow at the State Department and, in my understanding, had just finished the first year of a fellowship that could have gone for two years and did not exercise her option to return for a second year as a fellow,” Miller told reporters.

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