Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Monday.
The three “discussed the coordination of
defense activities and ways to expand the international coalition facing
aggressive actions by Iran and its proxies,” said Gallant.
Gallant thanked Kurilla and the American defense establishment, led by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, for standing with Israel and acting to strengthen its defensive capabilities.
The U.S. general’s visit was “a direct
translation of U.S. support for Israel, into action. The relationship
between Israel and the United States is unshakeable,” he said, according
to his office.
Kurilla’s Middle East trip was previously
planned, but its focus was shifted in light of the Islamic Republic’s
pledge to retaliate for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail
Haniyeh in Tehran last week. It will now center on building a
multilateral defensive alliance similar to the one that fended off the
vast majority of the more than 300 missiles and drones Iran fired at the
Jewish state in mid-April.
Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah has
also vowed revenge for the targeted killing of senior official Fuad
Shukr in Beirut last week.
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