Deputy chief of the Israel Defense Forces Herzi Halevi has landed in the United States for an official visit during which he will hold meetings with security officials at the Pentagon, the IDF says.
Halevi is also slated to participate in a “strategic defense forum” with members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Central Command and European Command.
Joining Halevi is Tal Kelman, the military official in charge of Iran affairs, Hidai Zilberman, Israel’s defense attaché to the US, and Effie Defrin, the military’s international cooperation commander.
Halevi’s trip comes amid tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched several missiles at what it claimed was an Israeli “strategic center” near the US consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil early Sunday. That attack is thought to be in response to the deaths of two IRGC officers in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria last week.
The meeting also comes after Shin Bet head Ronen Bar held talks with his FBI counterpart in Washington this week.
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