Netanyahu calls on Trump to renew the war with Iran.
According to Axios, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring Washington to restart large-scale hostilities against Iran. Mossad head Roman Goffman arrived in the US for talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and will meet Steve Witkoff in Miami.
Trump rejects the escalation.
The US president refuses calls to renew the war, supports Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates' position on maintaining a naval blockade and economic pressure on Tehran. Trump stated that the Gulf states prefer to wait because "Iran is falling apart. ".
The Israeli political crisis.
Following the October 27 elections, Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority, with Gadi Eisenkot receiving a mandate to form a government. Opposition figures fear that Netanyahu may provoke a new attack on Iran or use retaliation to derail the formation of the new government and preserve power.