Prompted by security fears in Europe, Eisenkot made the unpublicized visit earlier in the week where he met with both Belgium and American security officials.

Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff lieutenant general Gadi Eisenkot appears at a hearing of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff lieutenant general Gadi Eisenkot went to Brussels earlier this week to meet Belgian security officials less than one month after the Paris terror attacks, the Jerusalem Post’s Hebrew-language sister publication Ma’ariv reported Friday.

The purpose of the trip was to help establish new security arrangements between Belgium and Israel in light of new fears in Europe.

During the one-day trip to Europe the IDF chief of staff also met high-ranking officials from the United States military.

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