Overview
- Senior U.S. officials told Axios they warned Benjamin Netanyahu that repeated Israeli strikes in Syria risk destabilizing the country and undermining prospects for an Israel–Syria pact.
- President Trump publicly urged Israel to maintain dialogue with Syria and not interfere with its transition, praising interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and citing U.S. sanction relief.
- Netanyahu’s office said Trump invited him to the White House "in the near future" after a call that also covered Gaza and regional peace efforts.
- Reports say an Israeli raid in Beit Jinn killed at least 13 people and wounded six IDF soldiers, with Israel citing Islamist targets and Syria denouncing the operation as a war crime.
- Netanyahu said Israel is open to a deal with Syria but insisted on a demilitarized buffer zone along the Mount Hermon area as a security guarantee.