US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that he will likely travel to Israel next week to coordinate on the two countries' war effort against Iran."We'll probably make that trip next week, but we're not sure about it as of now," he said in an interview with the financial news channel CNBC.
Witkoff had been scheduled to travel to Israel this week alongside Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, but the trip was cancelled, Witkoff confirmed.
US media have been reporting a rift emerging between Washington and Israel over the conduct of the war, particularly following Israeli strikes over the weekend that targeted fuel depots in Tehran.
Witkoff sought to downplay that.
"The visit that we were intending to do was less about smoothing out differences, because I don't really think there are many differences," Witkoff said.
"It was much more about coordination, understanding where they were, talking about all those different things that are important to talk about, you know, if there's a deal or if there's not a deal."
Asked whether the United States and Israel were on the same page regarding the objectives of the war, he replied: "I would say that, look, Israel is a one bomb country. One bomb takes them out and that's why it's so existential to Israel."
The special envoy again stressed that Iran was not negotiating in good faith and was not pursuing a nuclear deal, prompting Trump to order strikes.
The United States and Israel have launched a massive military campaign against Iran, which entered its eleventh day on Tuesday. Washington says the campaign is aimed at curbing nuclear and missile threats from Tehran.
