Top US general visits Israel amid increasing tensions with Iran
The Pentagon’s top-ranking officer, Gen. Mark Milley, landed in Israel on Friday to coordinate with senior military officials on Iran strategy.
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.
Milley's four-year term is set to end in September.
"Ongoing cooperation is required in order to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Milley, the Israeli government said.
