Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to brief US President Donald Trump on possible new strikes against Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
GLOBAL TRACKER learned that initially almost all the United States and Israel officials including their allied in the west have acknowledged that Iran Nuclear program is the only existential threat to Tel Aviv, now the Tehran ballistic missile program also paused threat as findings revealed that Iran is rebuilding its facilities previously damaged in recent war with duo.
“Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program,” said NBC news, one of the leading global media outlets including in the US.
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“Israeli officials also are concerned that Iran is reconstituting nuclear enrichment sites the U.S. bombed in June, the sources said. But, they added, the officials view Iran’s efforts to rebuild facilities where they produce the ballistic missiles and to repair its crippled air defense systems as more immediate concerns.
Reports say US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to meet later this month in Florida at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
At that meeting, the sources said, Netanyahu is expected to make the case to Trump that Iran’s expansion of its ballistic missile program poses a threat that could necessitate swift action.
The Tel Aviv concerns about Iran come as Tehran has expressed interest in resuming diplomatic talks with the U.S. aimed at curtailing its nuclear deal, which could potentially complicate Israel’s approaching Trump about new strikes.
The funding of Iranian proxies in the region also is top of mind for the Israelis, according to the person with direct knowledge of Israel’s plans.