Dempsey visits Holocaust Museum

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey has visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, accompanied by IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. He lit the memorial "Eternal Flame" torch and laid a wreath at the Yizkor tent.

Earlier, the general visited the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv, where he met with Gantz and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. He is later expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. (Yair Altman)