The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was in Washington on Friday for talks with senior US officials about Iran, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Roman Gofman’s visit comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing US President Donald Trump to resume military action against Iran, Axios reported.
Gofman was meeting CIA Director John Ratcliffe and was expected to travel to Miami to meet White House envoy Steve Witkoff, the sources said.
Trump has so far rejected Netanyahu’s calls to return to combat. The two leaders discussed the war during a November 5 phone call, according to a US official.
Netanyahu has lost his parliamentary majority following Israel’s October 27 election. In a statement Friday, Eisenkot said he had met Netanyahu and his military secretary during the week and made clear that he would not allow “a lack of oversight” of the prime minister’s actions during the government transition.
