US military chief to visit Israel amid IDF reservist crisis

Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, hopes to gain a better first-hand view of how the crisis is impacting the Israeli military as well as joint US security interests.

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley holds a news conference on the day of a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2023.

(photo credit: YVES HERMAN/REUTERS)

ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

AUGUST 16, 2023 19:15

Updated: AUGUST 16, 2023 21:29

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