A private plane took off from Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv last Tuesday, landing for a few minutes in Aman, the capital of Jordan, and from there, it continued to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

According to the Yisrael Hayom newspaper report, the plane spent less than one hour in Saudi Arabia and then departed and headed back to Israel. At the same time, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper was in Saudi Arabia, and it is presumed there is a connection between the senior US official and the flight that left Tel Aviv.

Speculation on social media includes theories that the flight was carrying Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen, while others believe it was bringing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Saudi Arabia to meet with Esper and possibly other officials.

Saudi Arabia and Israel do not maintain diplomatic relations nor a direct aerial route between the nations. It is added that the flight was tracked on Flightradar24. The plane is registered in the United States, but the identity of the owner is unknown.

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(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)