Israel's possible requests come at a time when the US has not ruled out open military conflict against Venezuela

Israel's possible requests come at a time when the US has not ruled out open military conflict against Venezuela

Israel's possible requests come at a time when the US has not ruled out open military conflict against Venezuela

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to brief US president Donald Trump on options for attacking Iran again when the two leaders meet later this month.

This comes amid mounting concerns of Tehran expanding its ballistic missile programme, which was impacted by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, an NBC News report said, citing officials in the know.

The Trump-Netanyahu discussion is also expected to touch on Israel's concerns that Iran was restoring the nuclear enrichment sites (Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan) that the US had bombed when it entered a 12-day war between the two countries.

However, the ballistic missile issue is said to be more urgent.

Trump and Netanyahu are expected to meet at the US president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on December 29, where Netanyahu will make a case for a possible strike on Iran's ballistic missile production facilities.

The report added that Netanyahu's argument was also about the danger of Iran's actions for not just Israel, but also US interests in the Middle East—an attempt to offer Trump options to join or assist in any new military operations.

Israel's requests come at a time when the US has not ruled out open military conflict against Venezuela after its president Nicolas Maduro ordered his navy to escort Venezuelan oil tankers, in response to America's recent seizure of one of its sanctioned 'dark fleet' oil tankers.

(More details are awaited.)

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