US special envoy Steve Witkoff listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House, January 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US President Donald Trump’s senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, two senior Israeli officials say.
The officials say Witkoff’s visit is expected to begin tomorrow.
Zamir was in Washington, DC, over the weekend for a series of discussions with American defense officials regarding Iran.
Meanwhile, the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency says that direct talks between Washington and Tehran could take place in the coming days, citing “an informed source.”
The talks would likely be led by Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, says the source, but the time and place have not been set.
The meetings come as Trump continues to threaten military action against Iran against the backdrop of the regime’s killing of protesters, and as Tehran makes efforts to rebuild its nuclear and missile programs following the June 2025 war with Israel.
Trump has confirmed the two sides are talking, while keeping the threat of an attack in the foreground.
Left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at his office in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. (Nava Freiberg/Times of Israel); IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir in Jerusalem on March 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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