US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pauses after placing a note at the Western Wall, of al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Al-Aqsa compound, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem during a visit. AFP
Netanyahu met with visiting US Homeland Security Secretary in Jerusalem on Sunday, his office said.
US and Israeli media reported that President Donald Trump sent Noem to Jerusalem following the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington last week.
Noem was accompanied at her meeting with Netanyahu by US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, the prime minister's office said in a brief statement Sunday night.
The office added that during the meeting, Noem "expressed unwavering support for the Prime Minister and the state of Israel", as well as appreciation "for his conduct of the war" in Gaza.
The visit comes as Israel ramps up its military assaults in Gaza, killing more than 3000 Palestinians since it resumed the war on March 18.
An Israeli aid blockade lasting almost three months has worsened severe shortages of food, water, fuel and medicine in the Palestinian territory, sparking warnings of looming famine.
Earlier, Noem and Huckabee had visited the city's Western Wall, of al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Al-Aqsa compound, also known as al-Buraq Wall in Arabic, in occupied Jerusalem, where early celebrations for Monday's "Jerusalem Day" holiday were taking place.
The holiday commemorates what Israel considers Jerusalem's annexation under its authority after the city's eastern sector was occupied by its forces in the 1967.
Netanyahu's office said he had also met with Democratic US Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada earlier in the day.
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed at least 53,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and internally displaced 90% of its population.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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