Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant (R) and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin shake hands after delivering a statements to the press at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) headquarters near the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on March 9, 2023. – Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin held talks in Israel on March 9 as flaring violence killed three suspected Palestinian militants and protesters again rallied against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)