US President Donald Trump’s advisers see an opportunity to advance his Middle East agenda under a possible Israeli government led by someone other than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Trump’s endorsement of the incumbent.

Axar.az reports, citing Axios, that several senior US officials have grown dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s approach to key regional issues, including the wars in Gaza and Iran, as well as Israel’s policies toward Syria and Lebanon.

Trump endorsed Netanyahu ahead of Tuesday’s Israeli election, suggesting that his defeat could have consequences for US-Israeli relations. However, some of Trump’s advisers opposed the endorsement, believing the president should stay out of the election.

Trump's envoy Tom Barrack has similar concerns about the Netanyahu government's approach to Damascus and continued Israeli military operations in Syria.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his team have a better relationship with Netanyahu, but believe Israel could do more to strengthen Lebanon's government. They are also frustrated by Netanyahu's failure to do more to curb settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

According to Axios, Vance and other senior officials have questioned Netanyahu’s pre-war assessments to the White House, while Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have expressed frustration with his approach to implementing the US president’s Gaza peace plan.

The report says Trump’s advisers also believe a government without Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners could be easier for Washington to work with.

Meanwhile, final pre-election polls by three major Israeli television networks projected Netanyahu’s coalition winning 50 seats in the 120-member Knesset, well short of the 61 needed for a parliamentary majority. The opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot was projected to win 52-56 seats.