Katz: Israel “Awaiting Green Light” to Renew Iran War, “Targets are Marked”
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said over the weekend during a security assessment that the IDF is “ready in defence and offence, and the targets are marked”, and that Israel is “awaiting a green light from the United States” to resume the war on Iran, the Times of Israel reported. Katz framed the operational objectives in unusually explicit terms: “complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty, the initiator of the extermination plan against Israel”, and “return Iran to the age of darkness and stone by blowing up central energy and electricity facilities and crushing national economic infrastructure”. The renewed campaign, he said, would be “different and deadly and will add devastating blows in the most painful places”.
The Katz public statement is the most explicit Israeli operational signalling of the post-ceasefire period and is consistent with the New York Times reporting carried into Saturday by the Times of Israel: that US and Israeli officials are in their most intense renewal-preparation phase to date, with options including the seizure of Kharg Island and a commando-led extraction of enriched uranium. The two open variables remain Trump’s decision on sanctions against Chinese refineries buying Iranian oil, and the Pakistani-mediated negotiating track. UAE Al-Ain media reported on Sunday that the planned Israeli strike would target “national infrastructure, energy sites, and power plants” and “high-ranking Iranian officials”.