Khalifa Haftar's landed briefly in Cyprus before heading to Israel, where it remained for two hours before returning to Cyprus.
Haftar’s son met with Israel intelligence officials last year, as well, according to Haaretz.
In 2019, the foreign minister of the Haftar-led government in eastern Libya expressed hope that Libya could normalize relations with Israel.
Other contacts between Israel and Libya in recent years were made with former national security council member codenamed “Maoz,” and former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) official Nimrod Gez.
Normalization with Israel would likely be a difficult move for politicians in Libya, which has been embroiled in a civil war in recent years, to bring to fruition.
The Libyan election, set for late December 2021, was postponed, and a new date was expected to be announced later this month.
Sudan announced relations with Israel in late 2020, but its deep political divisions, including a coup beginning in October, have not allowed for normalization to be completed.
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