Saudi Arabia and Israeli regime are expected to announce normalization of ties as a top Israeli official has visited the Arab kingdom this week raising likelihood of the officials reaching an agreement on the deal, reports say.

Israeli media reports on Friday said the official traveled to the Saudi capital and met inside the royal palace with a senior Saudi official.

Channel 12 interpreted the visit as a sign that relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv are “warming up”.

According to the channel, the visit was meant to coordinate security cooperation between the two sides, among other things.

The channel's military commentator, Nir Dvori, said the visit was linked to the two sides’ mutual interest in leveling up their relations. 

“The final word may not have been said here as there are attempts to create more ties, and perhaps make things public; we will have to wait and see," he said.
In 2020, Israel’s then-premier Benjamin Netanyahu visited Riyadh and met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. 

The year saw Washington brokering “normalization” of relations between the Israeli regime and some Arab states including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Saudi Arabia’s key Arab allies in the region.

According to the commentator, the Israeli official’s recent visit also had to do with an upcoming trip by US President Joe Biden to the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as Saudi Arabia, where Biden and the Saudi prince could meet for the first time.

Meanwhile, Israeli premier Naftali Bennet’s advisor Eyal Hulata is expected to travel to the US next week, the Axios news website reported Friday.

Earlier this week, the news portal said two senior US officials visited Riyadh as the Biden administration is quietly mediating a Red Sea deal between Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Egypt, which could also pave the way for the normalization of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv.