US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley makes an unannounced visit to the Israeli Occupied Lands following a series of events which have raised fears of a new adventurism by the two regimes.
He met with senior Israeli military and intelligence leaders at an air base south of the occupied territories and discussed "regional security challenges.” The US Army general also held a video conference with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli regime minister of military affairs Benny Gantz said that during his talks with Milley, he had emphasized "the need to continue the pressure on Iran,” claiming that regime’s military "is prepared and ready for any scenario and any threat, and I do not suggest our enemies to test us.”
The visit came a day after US warplanes operating illegally in Syria harassed an Iranian Beirut-bound passenger plane over Syrian airspace, which forced the Mahan Air flight to lower altitude to avoid collision.
Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for the US Central Command (CENTCOM), said that a single F-15 had made what is called a “standard visual inspection” of the Iranian airliner at “a safe distance of approximately 1,000 meters.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi dismissed the claim as "ridiculous,” saying the “illegal and dangerous” US maneuver amounted to playing with the lives of innocent people.
Analysts say the government of US President Donald Trump is actually seeking to embark on new adventurism in the West Asia region as polls suggest he may lose the November presidential election.
They also believe Netanyahu, who is grappling with increasing lack of public trust over corruption charges and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, is trying to provoke a war with Iran while Trump is still in office.
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