WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said staff who visited the Gazan city of Khan Younis reported destruction “disproportionate to anything one can imagine.”
Senior Pentagon officials were frustrated that Israel did not notify the United States before conducting a strike on an Iranian site in Syria this month, an escalation that they assess increases risks to American forces in the Middle East, U.S. officials said.
officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other senior defense officials believed Israel should have informed them ahead of time because of the strike’s implications for U.S. troops and interests in the region. Knowing in advance would have permitted the Pentagon to heighten defenses for U.S.
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