Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in Washington - on his first foreign visit after taking office last June - to hold a series of meetings with US officials, the content of which is topped by the Iranian nuclear file.

Bennett preceded his meeting with US President Joe Biden tomorrow, Thursday, with a statement in which he said that he did not see returning to the nuclear agreement with Iran as a sound solution.

Later today, Bennett will meet with the US Secretaries of State and Defense and the National Security Adviser in a series of meetings expected to be topped by the Iranian file.

The New York Times reported that the Israeli Prime Minister is about to present a plan to the US President that includes a new approach to contain Iran's nuclear program.

The newspaper added that Bennett's plan includes forming a regional alliance with Arab countries that oppose Iranian regional influence, as well as taking a number of diplomatic and economic measures against Iran.

The Israeli Prime Minister confirmed to The New York Times that he will seek, during his meeting with Biden, to reset the relationship between the two countries.

In the same context, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said today, Wednesday, that he does not rule out that his country will move against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

"Plan B"

"We knew how to act in the past, and I do not rule out that we will move in the future so that Iran does not reach a nuclear weapon," Gantz said - in a briefing to more than 60 foreign ambassadors.

He added, as quoted by the Israeli newspaper "Maariv", that "Iran has the intention to destroy Israel, and it is working to have the means to do so."

Referring to the attack on a ship operated by an Israeli company in the Sea of ​​Oman last month, he said, "Our assessment is that the drone that hit the tanker departed from Iran, and this is further evidence that Iran poses first and foremost a threat to the world."

He added that "Israel does not have a conflict with the Iranian people, but rather with the Iranian regime," calling on the international community to draw up a "Plan B" to stop Iran's nuclear progress now.

At the time, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzad denied accusations made by Israel of his country's involvement in the attack, calling in statements to reporters on Tel Aviv to "stop making such baseless accusations."