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Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an Off-Camera Press Briefing

MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: Hey. Good morning, everybody. I hope you had a good weekend, a slow news weekend. So just a few things here and then I'll get right to your questions. So over the weekend, you saw us issue a readout highlighting that Secretary Austin spoke with the Israeli Minister of Defense on Saturday about Israel in response to the Houthi attack that occurred on July 19th in Tel Aviv, that killed an Israeli civilian and wounded others. During their discussion, Secretary Austin acknowledged Israel's action-followed months of Houthi the attacks against the State of Israel and reaffirmed the ironclad commitment of the United States to Israel's security and right to self-defense. I k...