Defense Minister Says Israel Wants to Strike Iran, but the U.S. Won’t Approve It

Defense Minister ישראל כ"ץ spoke today (Tuesday), in an interview with Channel 14, about the expected meeting in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Katz made clear that "The United States has interests in Iran that go beyond Israel’s." According to the report, he said that Israel wants to strike Iran, but "the U.S. won’t approve it." He added, "We made it absolutely clear: if they fire at Israel, we will strike with full force. We are prepared to hit Iran with our own כחול לבן capabilities."

The defense minister added that Israel has achieved a great deal in the war against Iran. In his words, "The arrogant empire that threatened to destroy Israel has collapsed." He also revealed in the Channel 14 interview that American fighter jets are taking off from Israel for strikes in Iran. According to him, "The Iranians know."

Meanwhile, Iran’s "Khatam al-Anbiya" headquarters, the country’s emergency command, said today that "The United States, through its ongoing aggression and destabilization of the region, and after imposing an illegal naval blockade on Iran, has threatened Iranian ships, commercial vessels, and oil tankers in our country’s territorial waters over the past three days. We warn that this American action is an expansion of the war in the region."