General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Israel next week for a meeting with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, the Walla news site reports.
The report says the visit will allow the Biden administration to assess the extent of damage to the IDF’s readiness caused by some volunteer reservists’ refusals to carry out their duties in protest of the hardline coalition’s controversial judicial overhaul legislation.
It is not yet clear if Milley will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Walla says.
The Pentagon declined to comment on the report.
Israeli sources tell Walla that the trip is also a farewell visit by Milley, who is set to leave his post in October. He had been expected to visit in June, but canceled at the last minute due to the Wagner rebellion in Russia.
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