Austin is the latest US official to visit Israel as the Biden administration presses for a strategy shift from Netanyahu
Austin is the latest US official to visit Israel amid an intensifying rift between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over mounting civilian casualties in Gaza. Austin is seeking to get a clearer assessment from Israeli officials on their military operations, the secretary of defense says. Austin becomes the latest official to come under pressure from the Biden administration to shift strategy from Netanyahu.
Lloyd Austin will push Israeli officials to define milestones for its war against Hamas in Gaza. Austin is the second visit of a top Biden administration official to the region aimed at communicating US expectations to Israel as civilian casualties mount. Austin to press Israeli defense officials to defining war milestones.