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Asked Friday if the U.S. could get directly involved should Iran go through with the Israel attack, Kirby declined to comment, though he did say the situation could force administration and Pentagon officials
"I also said that we have no way to defeat Hamas without entering Rafah and eliminating the remnant of the battalions there.
And we know without a leading American, I mean, American role, we can never get out of the quagmires to which we continue falling."
Of that estimated group of 1,000, the secretary said some may in fact not be Americans, others may have made their way out of the country without updating U.S. embassy officials and some may have