Pentagon chief refutes report of Israel spying on US

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Jerusalem, May 16 (IANS) US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel said Thursday that he could **t validate a recent media report of alleged Israeli spying in his country. I'm **t aware of any facts that would substantiate the report,\" Xinhua quoted Hagel as saying at a press conference in Tel Aviv with Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya' alon. A Newsweek story published last week quoted unnamed American officials as saying that Israel was engaged in large-scale espionage operations in the US. Hagel arrived in Israel Wednesday for talks on strategic and regional security issues, including Iran's nuclear programme and the ongoing crisis in Syria, as well as future US military aid to Israel.

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