Israeli PM Netanyahu met US Defense Secretary Hegseth secretly at Ovda air base

The disclosure of a meeting that all three parties declined to confirm, at a base hosting US fighter and refueling aircraft, points to operational coordination that neither side wanted public — a signal in itself about how sensitive the Iran file has become. The venue matters as much as the agenda: staging talks at a forward air base rather than a capital suggests logistics and basing are part of the conversation, not just diplomacy. Whether the silence around the meeting holds, or whether further confirmations follow, is the open question.