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Pentagon Restricts Official Visits to Israel


Sat 04 Nov 2023 | 09:20 AM
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The Pentagon announced the restrictions of its officials to Israel, in addition to discouraging congressional delegations from visiting Israel, CNN reported on Saturday.

The new restrictions are noted in a memo by the US Defence Secertary Lloyd Austin, and it dated October 31, according to CNN.

The Pentagon has pulled Defense Department support for congressional visits to Israel and restricted official visits nearly a month into the Israel-Hamas war, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

Austin asserted that Defense Department “support to Congressional delegation visits will be unavailable to Israel during this period.”

A defense official said a congressional visit to Israel would create an “undue burden to our service members,” highlighting that the situation is “incredibly dangerous right now.”

A bipartisan Senate delegation led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was forced to rush to shelter from rockets during a visit in mid-October. Since the visit, Israel’s ground incursion into Gaza has heightened tensions around the region as the US watches for the possibility of escalation across the Middle East.

Austin pointed out that the new restricitions would not affect the normal military and civilian personnel to US Central Command, adding that the US President Joe Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and the top leaders of the military are excepted.