(R-L) Lloyd Austin and Yoav Gallant -Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is visiting Israel on Monday
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Austin becomes latest US official to visit Israel as Biden administration presses for strategy shift from Netanyahu
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is visiting Israel on Monday to get a clearer assessment from Israeli officials on their military operations, marking the latest administration official to visit the country amid an intensifying rift between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over mounting civilian casualties in Gaza.
