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Pentagon: Israel didn’t give heads up before Beirut strike, Austin spoke to Gallant amid attack
WASHINGTON — The United States did not have advanced warning of an Israeli strike in Beirut and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant as the operation was ongoing, a Pentagon spokesperson says.
“The United States was not involved in this operation and we had no advanced warning,” spokesperson Sabrina Singh says.
Israel’s Channel 12 reports, by contrast, that the US was given a heads up by Israel, very soon before the strike, when Israel’s planes were already airborne.
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