Al-Sadig Ismail, the envoy of Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, secretly visited Israel last week to request Israeli mediation to "market Burhan" to the Trump administration and defuse tensions between Burhan and the UAE, Al-Rakoba newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing an "informed source within the Sudanese army."

Al-Burhan's envoy conveyed several messages to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including "Al-Burhan's desire to complete the normalization process between the two countries and arrange for the signing of the Abraham Accords in exchange for Israeli support for Sudan in the next phase."

Burhan's envoy to Israel conveyed another message, related to the rapprochement between Burhan and Iran, which has raised concerns in Israel. According to the envoy, this rapprochement "was imposed on the army commander by necessity, given the isolation and regional and international pressures that Sudan has faced since the outbreak of the civil war, and the urgent need for qualitative military support from any party to achieve the desired victory in this war."

In this context, Al-Burhan pledged to Israel to "fulfill any obligations or conditions imposed by Tel Aviv in order to complete the agreement (to normalize relations) as soon as possible."

The Sudanese newspaper quoted the source as saying, "Burhan conveyed his message to Israel about his feeling of lack of cooperation in the context of the war that has been raging for two years, and that he had been hoping to obtain weapons that would enable him to defeat the Rapid Support Forces since the beginning of the war." He added, "Israel has no justification for feeling angry about the turn to Iran, as he did so because he did not receive the military aid he hoped for from Israel, with which he had entered into a cooperation agreement five years ago."

The source continued, "Al-Burhan assured Israel that he hoped to receive this assistance at a very important time, which would have contributed to a real breakthrough in relations between the two countries and changed the views of many Sudanese toward Israel."

The Israeli public radio station Kan reported the day before yesterday that "concern has been growing in Israel recently following the strengthening of relations between Iran and Sudan's military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan."