Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday evening at Blair House in Washington with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The two first held an extended meeting, followed by a private one-on-one discussion.

Netanyahu said after the meeting, "I met with Secretary of State Rubio. We held a substantive and important discussion on strengthening the alliance between Israel and the United States, and on the shared challenges we face in the regional and international arenas."

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Steve Witkoff, the US President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East.

At around 6:38 p.m. Washington time (1:38 a.m. Israel time), Netanyahu arrived at the White House for his scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump.