Pentagon chief ‘disturbed’ by West Bank violence and warns against inflammatory rhetoric
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#69N4D)
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin's visit was disrupted by protests against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed judicial changes
The Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin, has expressed his concerns over rising levels of violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and warned against acts that could trigger more insecurity.
The US defence secretary's talks in Israel came as Israeli police killed three suspected Palestinian militants in the West Bank and a Hamas gunman shot and wounded three people on a Tel Aviv street.
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