Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that Israel and the United States "had paved a new way in efforts to defend the State of Israel. We both have the overall goal of ensuring peace in this region, and perhaps beyond the region. The cooperation between us is very beneficial useful" for both sides, he said.

Netanyanhu, along with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, and other top IDF officials were on a visit to the site of the Juniper Cobra 10 exercise being held by Israel and the U.S.