Top US general visits Israel amid increasing tensions with Iran

Al-Monitor Staff

Mar 3, 2023

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley arrives to hold a press conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group during a two-day meeting of the alliance's Defence Ministers at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on February 14, 2023. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) — US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley arrives to hold a press conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group during a two-day meeting of the alliance's Defence Ministers at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on February 14, 2023. — KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top-ranking officer, Gen. Mark Milley, landed in Israel on Friday to coordinate with senior military officials on Iran strategy.

Milley, who serves as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with the Israeli military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv to discuss “opportunities for increased bilateral cooperation, coordination to defend against threats posed by Iran across the region and other items of mutual strategic interest,” according to a Pentagon statement.