WATCH LIVE: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds press conference in Israel

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will brief reporters Friday after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Austin said earlier he is visiting Israel to meet with senior leaders and "demonstrate that America's support for Israel's security is ironclad."

His visit comes just one day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel and vowed to continue American support for the Jewish state. 

On Thursday, Austin told reporters the U.S. is "working urgently to get Israel what it needs to defend itself, including munitions and our Iron Dome interceptors.”

At the same time, the White House said Thursday that the U.S. will start arranging charter flights for Americans to leave Israel beginning Friday. 

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. government is "acutely aware of limited availability right now on commercial flights out of Israel and the demand signaled by U.S. citizens who may want to depart. 

"The president has asked his team to ensure that we are assisting U.S. citizens who do want to leave Israel and providing them with a safe means of doing that," he said. "So beginning tomorrow, the United States government will arrange charter flights to provide transportation from Israel to sites in Europe." 

"They're still working through some of the details of that, to assist U.S. citizens and their immediate family members who have, for whatever reason, not been able to provide commercial transit out of the country," Kirby added. "And I would add that we're also exploring other options to expand the capacity of doing this, including exploring whether it's possible to help Americans leave by land and by sea."