Mike Pompeo
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Israel next week for a 24 hour visit, Israeli officials told Channel 13's Barak Ravid.

This would be the first visit of a foreign official to Israel since to onset of the corona crisis, and Pompeo's first visit to a country outside the US since the crisis.

Israeli officials cited in the report said that Pompeo is expected to land in Israel next Tuesday and stay for 24 hours before returning to the US.

The reason for the visit is unclear. He is to meet with Netanyahu and Gantz.

"I don't have any travel to confirm, but I think in the upcoming hours and days you'll see an announcement," Pompeo later told journalists.