Destroying Hamas, Hezbollah & Houthis is ‘of great importance to US,’ Defense Sec Hegseth tells Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025. (Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Continuing his remarkable diplomatic visit to the new U.S. administration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with new Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, who assured him that the U.S. remained “100% committed to Israel’s security.”