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Thursday, June 20, 2019
Amid Iran tensions, deputy head of US forces in Middle East visits Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson, the deputy head of US Central Command, visited Israel this week amid the face-off in the Persian Gulf between the United States and Iran.
The army says Bergeson was hosted by IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. It doesn’t specify when his visit was planned.
US Central Command, known as CENTCOM, is responsible for US forces in the Middle East. Its commander, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, requested the dispatch of a aircraft carrier strike group to the region in May as a response to what the US said were threats by Iran.
Earlier today, Iran announced it downed a US military drone over its airspace, but CENTCOM said the drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile in international airspace.
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Earlier this week, LTG Thomas W. Bergeson, Deputy Commander of U.S @CENTCOM visited Israel as the guest of the IDF's Deputy CoS, MG Eyal Zamir. pic.twitter.com/ghCrGjhC3U
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 20, 2019
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