US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Israel Sunday in the first visit to the country by a senior Biden administration official. Austin met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the defense minister, Benny Gantz, and reiterated Washington’s commitment to Israel, saying it is “enduring and ironclad.” That same morning, Iranian media reported that an explosion struck their Natanz uranium enrichment site, dealing a severe blow to production. The World’s Ariel Oseran reports on the latest in the not-so-secret campaign between Iran and Israel.
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