Tag: Lloyd Austin
Negotiating what with whom?
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is a decorated retired Army officer. He was supportive of Israel’s foray into Lebanon in the beginning. It would have been hard for him not to be, as...
Israel committed to hostage talks with Hamas, Gallant says
Israel remains committed to reaching a hostages-for-ceasefire deal with Hamas, “especially at this time,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday, speaking hours after the terrorist organization’s “political” leader was killed in a Tehran strike attributed to the...
Days after Golan Heights bloodbath, Austin stresses deal with Hezbollah
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reiterated Washington’s belief in a diplomatic solution for the conflict on Israel’s northern border during a call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday, two days after...
Austin confirms US holding up weapons shipment over Rafah
U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to hold up a delivery of thousands of heavy bombs to the Israel Defense Forces was taken in the context of Jerusalem’s plans to carry out a large-scale ground...
US reiterates ‘ironclad’ support for Israel as IDF preps for Iranian attack
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated on Thursday Washington’s commitment to upholding Israel’s security, as the Israel Defense Forces continued preparations for an expected Iranian attack on the home front.
Austin spoke with Israeli Defense...
Rubio: ‘Unsettling’ that foreign courts can block US arms shipment to allies amid war
Washington must prevent foreign courts and activists from vetoing U.S. national security and military decisions, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote to Lloyd Austin, the U.S. defense secretary.
The senator’s Feb. 27 letter comes more than two weeks...
IDF kills 15 Hamas terrorists, including Oct. 7 perpetrators
In recent days, Israeli forces in Gaza have carried out targeted killings of around 15 Hamas terrorists, including some who participated in the Oct. 7 massacres, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.
A Hamas...
U.S. defense secretary: No ‘all out-conflict’ between Israel, Hezbollah
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addressed the media on Thursday in his first press conference following his initially undisclosed medical incapacitation earlier this month.
Alternating between questions about his personal health and the widening crisis in...
IDF eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of psychological warfare operations
The Israel Defense Forces eliminated a senior Palestinian Islamic member who was instrumental in propagating the organization’s narrative through media, the military announced on Friday.
Wael Abu-Fanounah was the deputy head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s...
Austin ordered strike on Houthis from hospital, White House says
U.S. President Joe Biden convened his national security team on Jan. 9, following one of the largest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, during which U.S. and UK forces shot down nearly 20 drones...