IDF chief touts ‘unprecedented’ relationship between Israeli, American militaries

Continuing his tour of the United States, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi visits the Florida headquarters of US Central Command, which is in charge of American military operations in the Middle East.

Kohavi is hosted by General Frank McKenzie, the Central Command chief, and touts the “operational cooperation” between the two countries’ militaries as “unprecedented.”

An IDF statement says the two also discussed the Iran nuclear deal and lessons from the fighting in Gaza last month between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, among other topics.

“A joint operating target of the two militaries is Iran, which is working to entrench itself and establish terrorist forces in many states throughout the Middle East and is continuing to present a regional threat in terms of nuclear, advanced weapons systems, ballistic missiles and funding terror armies,” Kohavi says.