We will 'work hard to make sure that we're doing things to help take the temperature down' in the Middle East, Lloyd Austin said.
The U.S. will defend Israel from incoming attacks, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, as Israeli strikes kill two senior Iran-backed commanders and fears spike over wider conflict breaking out in the Middle East.'If Israel is attacked, we certainly will help defend Israel,' U.S. Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, told the media aboard the USNS Millinocket during a visit to the Philippines. 'You saw us do that in April; you can expect to see us do that again,' he said.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant published similar remarks to social media.Hezbollah said that Shukr was in the building that was struck in Beirut on Tuesday, but did not confirm his death.Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across Israel's northern border into southern Lebanon for months.Hezbollah has pledged solidarity with Palestinian militant group Hamas—designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.
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