Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said the country’s military is ready to “return Iran to the Stone Age” and is simply awaiting a “green light” from the United States. He made the statement on Thursday following a security assessment in Tel Aviv, describing that Israel is prepared to resume military operations against Tehran.
According to Katz, the Israeli military has already identified its targets. “The IDF is ready both defensively and offensively, and the targets have been marked,” he stated. Katz outlined an expansion of the military campaign that would go beyond Iran’s nuclear facilities and military assets to target the foundations of its civilian and economic life.
“We are awaiting a green light from the United States — first and foremost to complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty… and additionally to return Iran to the Dark Age and the Stone Age by destroying key energy and electricity facilities and dismantling its national economic infrastructure,” Katz said. He warned that any renewed attack would be “different and lethal”.
The remarks come as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the April 8 ceasefire to allow space for diplomatic talks. Despite the pause in fighting, the Strait of Hormuz remains “sealed up tight” under a US naval blockade.
The ongoing conflict, which began on February 28, has already killed Iran’s long-serving Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and left several thousand people dead.
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