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Rubio: ‘Unsettling’ that foreign courts can block US arms shipment to allies amid war

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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

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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 Lloyd Austin during a joint statement on Oct. 13, 2023 at the Kirya in Tel Aviv with Yoav Galant, the Israeli minister of defense. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

U.S. defense secretary: No ‘all out-conflict’ between Israel, Hezbollah

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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...
Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al Amud on Jan. 19, 2024. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

IDF eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of psychological warfare operations

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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...
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63), and French Navy destroyer FS Languedoc (D 653) transit the Strait of Hormuz along with air support from a French Navy E-2C Hawkeye and Air Force Rafale strike aircraft, Nov. 26. IKECSG is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability In the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Information Technician Second Class Ruskin Naval)

Austin ordered strike on Houthis from hospital, White House says

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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...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left) meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Israel on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni (Israeli Ministry of Defense).

US Defense Secretary to visit Israel

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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will arrive in Israel on Monday at the invitation of his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant, Ynet reported on Tuesday. The visit comes amid reports that the Biden administration is pressuring Israel to shift tactics...
Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben-Gurion International Airport onMarch 9, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Israel Defense Ministry.

Pentagon Spox: ‘Our message to Israel is that we stand with you’

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Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder has been close to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron” on Oct. 7. The Biden administration has...
Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben-Gurion Airport, March 9, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry.

Gallant to meet Austin in Washington

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will meet with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin in Washington later this month. The two men previously met in Brussels in June and before that in March during Austin's visit to Israel. The past...
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2023. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza/DoD.

Austin, Gallant talk Iran, Russia at meeting in Brussels

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on June 15 in Brussels “to discuss opportunities to expand military cooperation to counter regional threats,” per a U.S. Defense Department...
Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 9, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry.

Succession of high-level American visitors reflects concern over Iran scenarios

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The arrival on Thursday of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Israel is the latest in a succession of high-level American visits to the Jewish state, and the fact that these visits are occurring...