Secret visit by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to Israel and meeting with Netanyahu over Iran

Coverage varied between reporting the facts and sourcing of the visit (two informed sources versus Axios) and focusing on the military and electoral context, with some reports adding details on Ovda Air Base, the Israeli alert level and the deployment of two divisions in the Golan and southern Lebanon, while others only raised questions about the purpose and timing of the visit without details.

• i24NEWS It focused on reporting the visit citing two informed sources and the Pentagon's failure to announce it, linking it to its timing eight days before the Israeli elections, to discussions on resuming military operations against Iran and to the split within the Trump administration.
• وكالة وطن للأنباء It relied on Axios as the source, identified the meeting venue as an air base in southern Israel, and highlighted reports of Israeli-American preparations to launch a new attack on Iran.
• Euronews It highlighted the naming of Ovda Air Base and the timing of the visit a day after Trump announced his support for Netanyahu in the October 27 elections, and added Netanyahu's threats, the army raising alert, freezing leaves and deploying two divisions in the Golan and southern Lebanon.
• إرم نيوز It framed the visit around a question about its secret nature and timing with a headline on war on Iran, without adding details on the visit's itinerary or the meetings held during it.
• ميدل ايست اونلاين It only said the visit was unannounced and aimed at strengthening Washington-Tel Aviv coordination on Iran, without details on the visit's itinerary or meetings.
• موقع لبنان الكبير It described the visit as secret and linked it to a question over whether Netanyahu is preparing to resume the war on Iran, without details on the visit's timing, content or outcome.