US Chief of Military visits Israel during tensions with Iran
After deadly Israeli regime air raid on Damascus, US Chief of military visit Israel.
US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley.
Occupied Jerusalem: US top officials made an undeclared visit to Israel on Friday with a motive to discuss “regional security concerns and upcoming challenges” at a time of tensions with Iran.
US Army General – Mark Milley, Joint Chiefs chairman, met with intelligence leaders and senior Israeli military at a southern Israel airbase and held a video conference with Benjamin Netanyahu – Prime Minister.
The Israeli military said on Friday: Helicopters attack struck multiple positions of the Syrian army in response to unspecified munitions that were fired on the Golan Heights occupied by Israel. In southern Syria, the target included observation posts and intelligence collection systems.
In recent days Israel has sent infantry reinforcements to its northern border with Lebanon.
The Israeli military said an explosion on the Golan Heights occupied by Israel damaged a building and a vehicle and the military declined to provide any further information or details.
In recent weeks the series of mysterious explosions in Iran, including a blast at what analysts say, was a nuclear centrifuge production facility.
Milley’s visit also came hours after a US fighter jet passed near an Iranian passenger plane as it flew over Syria.
Israel has carried out scores of airstrikes and targeting Iran’s military presence in Syria, where Tehran is a close ally of President Bashar Al Assad in the civil war.
The Israeli military said: “We are prepared and ready for any scenario and for any threat, and we will not suggest our enemies test us.