From Pentagon: Austin urged Gallant ‘to reexamine IDF’s rules of engagement in West Bank’
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, listen to the playing of the Israeli National Anthem during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tells Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that he has “grave concern for the Israel Defense Force’s responsibility for the unprovoked and unjustified death” of American citizen Aysenur Eygi in the West Bank, the Pentagon says.
“The Secretary urged Minister Gallant to reexamine the IDF’s rules of engagement while operating in the West Bank,” the Pentagon says in a statement.
