"Spoke yesterday [Sunday] evening with U.S. Secretary of Defense following my visit to the IDF’s Northern Command. Provided the Secretary with a situation assessment of Hezbollah threats and briefed him on IDF operations to degrade Hezbollah’s ability to launch attacks against Israeli civilians," Gallant wrote on X.
Gallant and Austin also talked about the overall regional situation and threats posed by Iran and its "proxies".
Last week, Gallant also announced a new phase of the Israeli war effort in the region, with the focus shifting to the northern front.
On Friday, Israel carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut, killing 45 people, according to the latest data from the Lebanese Health Ministry. The IDF later said that the strike killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, as well as 15 other Hezbollah members.