Iranian operatives reportedly conducted surveillance on PM Netanyahu’s son Yair in Florida as part of an assassination plot, prompting him to flee back to Israel.
Iran tried to murder him, tried to murder one of my sons,” Netanyahu said during a phone interview with Israel’s Channel 14. The target was 35-year-old Yair, who had been living in the Miami area, according to the Newsmax report. The report said Israeli intelligence learned in December 2025 of an alleged Iranian plot against him and alerted US authorities. Netanyahu’s comments came shortly after Iranian state television aired a video targeting US President Donald Trump’s 20-year-old son, Barron Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s eldest son, Yair Netanyahu, was the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot while he was living in South Florida, according to a Newsmax report. Netanyahu said Monday that Iran had targeted one of his two sons but did not identify him at the time. A US law-enforcement source cited by Newsmax said Israeli intelligence believed Iranian operatives were already in the Miami area and had conducted surveillance of Yair’s residence and movements. Yair, who travels with an Israeli security detail, was then instructed to leave Florida immediately, according to the report. The US Secret Service said Tuesday that it was aware of the video and was investigating it as a potential threat to a protected person.
The report cited a US law-enforcement source familiar with the matter, and is an added development to Netanyahu’s disclosure that Iran had tried to kill one of his sons. “Iran targeted one of my sons. The alleged plot against Yair comes as Iranian threats against senior Israeli and US figures and their families have intensified.