Amidst escalating fears of an imminent regional war, Lt. General Eyal Zamir, the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), held an urgent strategic meeting this evening with Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), who arrived in Israel overnight on an unannounced visit.
The high-level consultation comes as the IDF remains on its highest state of alert, bracing for the potential fallout of President Donald Trump’s threatened military action against the Iranian regime.
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According to a report by The Times of Israel, the meeting focused on operational coordination for a range of scenarios, including a joint US-Israeli strike on Iranian assets or the defense of Israeli airspace against a massive retaliatory barrage from Tehran and its proxies.
Key participants in the situational assessment included:
* Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, Chief of the Intelligence Directorate (Aman).
* Maj. Gen. Itzik Cohen, Chief of the Operations Directorate.
Strategic Context
Admiral Cooper’s arrival signals that the military planning between Washington and Tel Aviv has moved from “contingency” to “execution” usage. The IDF has spent recent weeks drilling for multi-front warfare, anticipating that any US strike to halt the Iranian regime’s execution of protesters could trigger immediate missile attacks from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran itself.
The visit underscores the “tight coordination” mentioned by Israeli security officials earlier this week. With the USS Abraham Lincoln “armada” approaching the Gulf and President Trump declaring that his military buildup has already saved lives, the physical presence of the CENTCOM commander in Tel Aviv suggests that the final details of a joint operational picture are being locked in.
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