Mossad chief in Washington as Netanyahu presses Trump on Iran

Mossad director Roman Gofman is in Washington on Friday for talks with senior US officials, including CIA director John Ratcliffe, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presses President Donald Trump to resume the war against Iran, Axios reported.

Why it matters: Israel is working the intelligence and envoy channels in parallel while Trump publicly leans toward a negotiated settlement, so the visit tests whether Washington's terms for renewed strikes are moving.

Data as of Axios report of November 13, 2026 by Barak Ravid, citing three sources with knowledge of the matter; the article's opening was read directly in this run and its account was verified through a second route, the Raydn Geopolitics Today summary of the same report, read in full in this run. Single-source reporting: no US or Israeli official has publicly confirmed the visit or its purpose. Developing item.

Mossad director Roman Gofman, one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants, is in Washington on Friday for talks with senior Trump administration officials about the war in Iran, including a meeting with CIA director John Ratcliffe, Axios reported, citing three sources with knowledge of the matter. Gofman is also expected to travel to Miami to meet White House envoy Steve Witkoff.

The visit is a second channel for pressure Netanyahu has been applying directly. Trump has so far leaned the other way in public, telling CNN on Sunday that more strikes are “highly unlikely” if Iran signs a “very strong agreement” on its nuclear programme and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, though he would strike “if necessary”.

Mossad chief in Washington as Netanyahu presses Trump on Iran

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