From Gaza to Iran: What’s at stake in Trump-Netanyahu Mar-a-Lago talks?

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet pinch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Monday afternoon, pinch talks expected to attraction connected renewed tensions pinch Iran and nan anticipation of advancing to further stages of nan Gaza bid plan.

Before gathering pinch nan president, Netanyahu is slated to meet pinch Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Monday morning.

Dr. Dan Diker, president of nan Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital that President Trump has apt been pressuring Netanyahu since nan bid plan’s implementation, noting that nan American leader has small patience for Middle Eastern timelines, which he said are acold longer than those successful nan U.S. and nan existent property sector.

NETANYAHU CALLS ON NEIGHBORING NATIONS TO JOIN ISRAEL IN 'EXPELLING HAMAS' FROM REGION

President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine Ben Gurion International Airport earlier boarding his level to Sharm El-Sheikh, connected Oct. 13, 2025 successful Tel Aviv, Israel (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"The problem is that Hamas knows each it has to do is past and proceed controlling nan occidental portion of Gaza while attacking Israel, arsenic it has been doing from Gaza’s passageway network, successful bid to ratchet up tensions betwixt Israel and nan U.S.," Diker said.

Netanyahu’s ngo during nan visit, he continued, will beryllium first to laic retired Israel’s threat appraisal regarding Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas arsenic highly serious, and to impressment upon nan president that Tehran is rebuilding its subject capabilities. He is besides apt to activity to seduce Trump to let Israel to return nan steps it deems basal to conclusion Hamas.

Israeli guidance leader and erstwhile premier curate Yair Lapid told Fox News Digital that "We [Israel] should beryllium coordinating pinch President Trump connected each nan awesome fronts, but nan apical privilege has to beryllium nan guidance of stage 2 successful Gaza."

Lapid added, "Israel needs to execute nan disarmament of Hamas and nan removal of nan threat from Gaza, and that requires nan implementation of President Trump’s plan."

Hamas terrorists marching successful Gaza during a parade.  (Getty Images)

IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS AT 'TOTAL WAR' WITH THE US, ISRAEL AND EUROPE: REPORTS

During nan meeting, Netanyahu will reportedly coming Trump pinch plans for a imaginable onslaught connected Iran. Israel has warned Washington that a caller Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps rocket drill could beryllium masking preparations for an attack, a interest that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir conveyed to U.S. Central Command main Adm. Brad Cooper during caller meetings successful Tel Aviv.

In a Saturday question and reply reported by nan country's media, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his state is engaged successful what he described arsenic a "total war" pinch nan U.S., Israel and Europe. The Times of Israel reported him saying, "In my opinion, we are astatine full warfare pinch nan United States, Israel and Europe," Pezeshkian said. "They want to bring our state to its knees."

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused nan U.S. of a "grave betrayal" astatine nan United Nations General Assembly connected Sept. 24, 2025, successful New York City.  (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

Axios reported that U.S. intelligence assesses location is nary contiguous threat, while Israeli defense officials opportunity forces stay connected heightened alert.

According to Dr. Meir Javedanfar, a teacher connected Iran and nan Middle East astatine Reichman University, Netanyahu’s scheme is expected to telephone for strikes connected Iran’s rocket program.

Smoke rises aft an detonation successful Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's superior early Friday, pinch explosions booming crossed Tehran. (Getty)

"Israel will astir apt dream that specified a wide-scale onslaught would further undermine nan legitimacy of Iran’s ultimate leader, thereby creating greater governmental instability wrong nan country. This is particularly existent fixed that aft nan caller warfare pinch Israel, Iran’s system has deteriorated significantly, and nan authorities is not taking nan basal steps to reside these problems," he said.

RUBIO REVEALS SHARED INTELLIGENCE PREVENTED POSSIBLE HAMAS ATTACK, DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION FORCE

Israeli Minister for Settlement and National Missions Orit Strook stressed nan value of completing afloat Gaza demilitarization earlier moving guardant pinch further stages of nan plan.

She referenced Trump’s reside to nan Israeli Knesset successful October, noting that he highlighted his domiciled successful building world support for Gaza’s demilitarization and securing a U.N. Security Council solution calling for nan afloat dismantling of weapons, tunnels and panic infrastructure.

The IDF announced that arsenic portion of nan ceasefire statement and successful accordance pinch nan directive of nan governmental echelon, IDF troops nether nan Southern Command person begun marking nan Yellow Line successful nan Gaza Strip to found tactical clarity connected nan ground. (IDF)

"Hamas wakes up each time pinch a ngo to wounded us," Strook told Fox News Digital. "The IDF will not retreat moreover 1 meter, and nary rehabilitation model will beryllium established until afloat demilitarization is completed.

"If, God forbid, nan other happens successful nan meeting, it will beryllium a nonaccomplishment of nan bid plan, a nonaccomplishment for Trump himself — who would beryllium settling for clone demilitarization— and a nonaccomplishment for us. We will not beryllium capable to opportunity that we won this warfare if Hamas remains armed," she added.

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Trump is nevertheless expected to soon unveil nan 2nd shape of his Gaza framework, contempt Hamas’s failure to return nan remains of Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, who was killed during nan Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, and whose assemblage was taken to Gaza by Hamas terrorists.

Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.