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Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, reports Axios
Pete Hegseth met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, Axios reported, citing two sources.
The Pentagon and Israel’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the reported visit.
The visit came one day after President Donald Trump endorsed Netanyahu in Israel’s parliamentary election, scheduled for October 27.
Opinion polls show Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition could lose its governing majority, while the opposition may struggle to form a government.
The head of Pentagon Pete Hegsett went to Israel in secret and met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, reporting to Axios with reference to known sources.
The site of Axis reported from two well-informed sources that the United States Defense Minister Pete Hegseth had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday during a visit not previously announced to Israel.