Report: Trump to offer Netanyahu Syria normalization if Gaza war ends

US President Donald Trump is dangling the possibility of an agreement between Israel and Syria as a carrot in exchange for Israel agreeing to end the war in Gaza, Israel Hayom reports, citing “sources close to the White House.”

The report claims that Trump sent an envoy to Damascus today to nail down a Syria-Israel agreement with the US as guarantor.

The report does not name the official or say who they are meeting. US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack was in Beirut today, and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was in the United Arab Emirates for talks on improving ties with the Gulf.

Earlier today, the Trump administration announced that it was revoking a foreign terrorist organization designation for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group once linked to Al-Qaeda that is led by al-Sharaa, who took control of Syria in December 2024.

An Israeli official told The Times of Israel last week that Israel is holding “advanced talks” with Syria.

“There is absolutely an aspiration to expand the Abraham Accords, and it’s no secret that we want to see Syria in this,” the official continued. “And there may be an opportunity.”

Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting over dinner tonight, but the get-together will be closed to the press. Sources tell Israel Hayom that Trump will pressure Netanyahu on Gaza, while offering diplomatic breakthroughs in the region.

Trump and Netanyahu will “discuss positive developments taking place in the Middle East region during their dinner tonight at the White House,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier.