Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

CENTCOM commander visits Israel to strengthen military cooperation

Gen. Michael Eric Kurilla held a strategic meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.

Michael Eric Kurilla Herzi Halevi
U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla participated in a strategic meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and other military officials during his visit to Israel, January 2025. Credit: IDF.

Gen. Michael Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), visited Israel this week as the guest of Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.

According to the IDF, the two military leaders held a strategic meeting to assess regional threats in the Middle East and discuss operational cooperation.

They emphasized strengthening readiness for various scenarios, highlighting the importance of the strong strategic relationship between the two countries’ militaries.

Kurilla has visited Israel multiple times throughout the multi-front war with Iran and its terror proxies, which Hamas in Gaza started with its mass invasion of the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, 2023, killing over a thousand and kidnapping hundreds more.

See more from JNS Staff
“It’s yet another example of the Wikipedia editors’ anti-Israel bias,” Alyza Lewin of the Combat Antisemitism Movement told JNS.
The Israeli premier praised Smit Machchhar during a call after the wounded aviator helped passengers and crew foil a violent midair hijacking.
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
“These allegations are so deeply disturbing that they almost defy imagination,” the assistant U.S. attorney general stated.