Amid warnings over renewed fighting, Netanyahu meets US envoy to Syria, Lebanon

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

A meeting between US and Israeli government officials, December 15, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
A meeting between US and Israeli government officials, December 15, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in his Jerusalem office with the US Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack.

Netanyahu is joined by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, acting National Security Adviser Gil Reich, Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, and Israel’s Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter. The US side included Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Middle East adviser Aryeh Lightstone.

Barrack is also an envoy to Lebanon, whose government Washington warned recently about the likelihood of a major Israeli military strike against Hezbollah soon if Beirut doesn’t step up its campaign to disarm Hezbollah.

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