Netanyahu to brief Trump on new plans to strike Iran in upcoming meeting, US officials say - Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post Staff

PM reportedly set to brief Trump on Iran's ballistic missile program • Israeli diplomatic source: Contents of planned meeting will only be discussed during said meeting

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump embrace on the Knesset plenum, October 13, 2025.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to brief US President Donald Trump on Iran's expansion of its ballistic missile program and options for military strikes at a meeting later this month, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the plans and four former US officials briefed on the plans.

Israeli officials announced a meeting between Netanyahu and Trump on December 29, where, according to the sources cited by NBC, Netanyahu would present the argument that Iran's expansion of its ballistic missile program poses a threat to the entire region, including various US interests. 

This comes a week after Trump hinted at potential talks with Iran while also warning the country against reconstituting either its ballistic missile or nuclear programs.

An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022. (credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)

“But if they do want to come back without a deal, then we’re going to obliterate that one, too,” Trump said. “You know, we can knock out their missiles very quickly; we have great power.”

An Israeli diplomatic source told Walla that "we will leave the content of the meeting and the topics to be discussed for the meeting itself."

This is a developing story.  

Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880824

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