From Gaza to Iran: What’s at stake in Trump-Netanyahu Mar-a-Lago talks?

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to conscionable with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Monday afternoon, with talks expected to absorption connected renewed tensions with Iran and the anticipation of advancing to further stages of the Gaza bid plan.

Before gathering with the president, Netanyahu is slated to conscionable with Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Monday morning.

Dr. Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital that President Trump has apt been pressuring Netanyahu since the bid plan’s implementation, noting that the American person has small patience for Middle Eastern timelines, which helium said are acold longer than those successful the U.S. and the existent property sector.

NETANYAHU CALLS ON NEIGHBORING NATIONS TO JOIN ISRAEL IN 'EXPELLING HAMAS' FROM REGION

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine Ben Gurion International Airport earlier boarding his level to Sharm El-Sheikh, connected Oct. 13, 2025 successful Tel Aviv, Israel (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"The occupation is that Hamas knows each it has to bash is past and proceed controlling the occidental portion of Gaza portion attacking Israel, arsenic it has been doing from Gaza’s passageway network, successful bid to ratchet up tensions betwixt Israel and the U.S.," Diker said.

Netanyahu’s ngo during the visit, helium continued, volition beryllium archetypal to laic retired Israel’s menace appraisal regarding Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas arsenic highly serious, and to impressment upon the president that Tehran is rebuilding its subject capabilities. He is besides apt to question to transportation Trump to let Israel to instrumentality the steps it deems indispensable to decision Hamas.

Israeli absorption person and erstwhile premier curate Yair Lapid told Fox News Digital that "We [Israel] should beryllium coordinating with President Trump connected each the large fronts, but the apical precedence has to beryllium the absorption of signifier 2 successful Gaza."

Lapid added, "Israel needs to execute the disarmament of Hamas and the removal of the menace from Gaza, and that requires the implementation of President Trump’s plan."

Hamas terrorists successful  Gaza

Hamas terrorists marching successful Gaza during a parade.  (Getty Images)


IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS AT 'TOTAL WAR' WITH THE US, ISRAEL AND EUROPE: REPORTS

During the meeting, Netanyahu volition reportedly contiguous Trump with plans for a imaginable onslaught connected Iran. Israel has warned Washington that a caller Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps rocket drill could beryllium masking preparations for an attack, a interest that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir conveyed to U.S. Central Command main Adm. Brad Cooper during caller meetings successful Tel Aviv.

In a Saturday interrogation reported by the country's media, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his state is engaged successful what helium described arsenic a "total war" with the U.S., Israel and Europe. The Times of Israel reported him saying, "In my opinion, we are astatine full warfare with the United States, Israel and Europe," Pezeshkian said. "They privation to bring our state to its knees."

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) astatine  the U.N. office  successful  New York, U.S., September 24, 2025.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the U.S. of a "grave betrayal" astatine the United Nations General Assembly connected Sept. 24, 2025, successful New York City.  (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

Axios reported that U.S. quality assesses determination is nary contiguous threat, portion Israeli defence officials accidental forces stay connected heightened alert.

According to Dr. Meir Javedanfar, a lecturer connected Iran and the Middle East astatine Reichman University, Netanyahu’s program is expected to telephone for strikes connected Iran’s rocket program.

Smoke rises aft  an detonation  successful  Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's superior  aboriginal  Friday, with explosions booming crossed  Tehran.

Smoke rises aft an detonation successful Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's superior aboriginal Friday, with explosions booming crossed Tehran. (Getty)

"Israel volition astir apt anticipation that specified a wide-scale onslaught would further undermine the legitimacy of Iran’s ultimate leader, thereby creating greater governmental instability wrong the country. This is particularly existent fixed that aft the caller warfare with Israel, Iran’s system has deteriorated significantly, and the authorities is not taking the indispensable steps to code these problems," helium said.

RUBIO REVEALS SHARED INTELLIGENCE PREVENTED POSSIBLE HAMAS ATTACK, DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION FORCE

Israeli Minister for Settlement and National Missions Orit Strook stressed the value of completing afloat Gaza demilitarization earlier moving guardant with further stages of the plan.

She referenced Trump’s code to the Israeli Knesset successful October, noting that helium highlighted his relation successful gathering planetary enactment for Gaza’s demilitarization and securing a U.N. Security Council solution calling for the afloat dismantling of weapons, tunnels and panic infrastructure.

IDF marks the Yellow Line successful  Gaza.

The IDF announced that arsenic portion of the ceasefire statement and successful accordance with the directive of the governmental echelon, IDF troops nether the Southern Command person begun marking the Yellow Line successful the Gaza Strip to found tactical clarity connected the ground. (IDF)

"Hamas wakes up each time with a ngo to wounded us," Strook told Fox News Digital. "The IDF volition not retreat adjacent 1 meter, and nary rehabilitation model volition beryllium established until afloat demilitarization is completed.

"If, God forbid, the other happens successful the meeting, it volition beryllium a nonaccomplishment of the bid plan, a nonaccomplishment for Trump himself — who would beryllium settling for fake demilitarization— and a nonaccomplishment for us. We volition not beryllium capable to accidental that we won this warfare if Hamas remains armed," she added.

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Trump is nevertheless expected to soon unveil the 2nd signifier of his Gaza framework, contempt Hamas’s nonaccomplishment to instrumentality the remains of Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, who was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, and whose assemblage was taken to Gaza by Hamas terrorists.

Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.

Amelie Botbol is simply a freelance writer based successful Tel Aviv. Her articles person appeared successful the New York Post, Canada’s National Post, and the Washington Times. Amelie tin beryllium followed connected X @DatReporter 

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