Israeli army chief excluded from secret Netanyahu-Hegseth meeting: Report

Israeli public broadcaster reported Tuesday that Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir was excluded from a secret meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in southern Israel, Anadolu reports. “Chief of Staff Zamir did not attend the unusual meeting held last night at an airbase in the south, nor was he summoned,” KAN said about the meeting on Monday. Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, Hegseth and other officials attended the meeting, it said. KAN did not explain why Zamir was not invited to the previously unannounced talks at Ovda Airbase. Israeli media reported Tuesday that Netanyahu met Hegseth secretly the previous day at an Israeli Air Force base in southern Israel. READ: Rights group urges […]