US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, who arrived in Israel on Thursday night, met today with Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“We discussed the close strategic and operational cooperation between the IDF and the US military, a partnership that is shaping the new reality in the Middle East,” Katz says in a statement.
“We discussed the challenges in the near and distant arenas, foremost among them the Gaza Strip, and our commitment to the release of all the hostages, the demilitarization of Gaza, and the disarmament of Hamas,” he adds.
On Friday, Caine met with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other military officials for an assessment focused on “regional challenges, focusing primarily on the situation in the Gaza Strip and future challenges in both nearby and distant arenas,” according to the IDF.
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