US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon and urged an improvement in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The bilateral meeting comes just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a delegation to Washington after the US decided not to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. “In Gaza today, the number of civilian casualties is far too high, and the amount of humanitarian aid is far too low,” Austin said when welcoming Gallant on Tuesday, according to a readout. “So…