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“How much Iran knew or didn’t know, we don’t know. But it really doesn’t matter, because Iran sponsors these groups,” Lloyd Austin said.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: “We’re releasing some reserves, knowing that we’ll call on them again.”
Per a senior administration official, U..S. President Joe Biden directed the secretary of defense on Jan. 9 to carry out the attack in Yemen that took place on Jan. 11.
“It is mind-boggling that the secretary of defense feels comfortable breaking that regular communication on purpose,” said Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute.
The Pentagon did not inform the White House or the nation promptly that Lloyd Austin, the U.S. secretary of defense, was in the hospital, at times unable to perform his job.
Over the long holiday weekend, an NYPD officer was reportedly punched in the throat, amid protests in Manhattan that got violent.
Israel wants the Iran-backed terror group pushed back some 6 miles from the border to prevent an Oct. 7-style attack, according to Axios.
The coalition will include the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles and Spain, as well as several anonymous countries.
Lloyd Austin met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday in New York.
Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will visit the Jewish state this Thursday.
The U.S. secretaries of state and defense were interrupted frequently by protesters as they testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.
The strikes “are separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas,” said U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
