Overview
- Netanyahu and Trump are expected to meet on Dec. 29 at Mar-a-Lago, though Trump said the session is not formally set while Israeli officials have announced the date.
- NBC News reports that Netanyahu plans to outline options for the United States to join or assist potential new military operations against Iran.
- Israeli assessments center on Iran restoring ballistic-missile production and repairing air defenses, with added concern about reconstituting enrichment sites struck in June.
- White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the IAEA and the Iranian government corroborated the U.S. assessment that June’s Operation Midnight Hammer "totally obliterated" Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
- Sources cited by NBC warn Iranian output could reach up to 3,000 missiles per month if unchecked, as Iran executed Aghil Keshavarz for alleged spying for Israel and separate reports noted unusual IRGC Aerospace Force activity.