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Amid Iran tensions, Rubio to meet with Netanyahu in Israel on Feb. 28 — US official
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give brief statements to the press at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, October 23, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel on February 28 to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a US official confirms to The Times of Israel, amid heightened tensions over Iran.
A senior US official tells Reuters that in the wake of US-Iran talks in Geneva on Tuesday, Iran is expected to submit a written proposal on how to avoid its standoff with the United States.
Top national security advisers met in the White House Situation Room to discuss Iran and were told all US forces deployed to the region should be in place by mid-March, the official says.
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