During US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the IDF headquarters at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, he and Second Lady Usha Vance utilized a virtual reality system to “observe” the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel has learned.
Vance then received an intelligence briefing about the Gaza Strip, with a focus on the efforts to bring back the slain hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, and the demilitarization of Gaza, The Times of Israel has learned.
On the Israeli side, the meeting was attended by Defense Minister Israel Katz, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, Defense Ministry director general Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram, and IDF military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder.
Vance was accompanied by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and US CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper.
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