Defence Minister Israel Katz warns of a devastating offensive targeting Iran's new supreme leadership, as tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran remain on a knife's edge.
Israel Katz © Mena Today
Israel has declared it is ready to resume military operations against Iran, pending authorisation from Washington.
In a video statement released Thursday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces are prepared "both defensively and offensively" and that targets inside Iran have already been designated.
"We are waiting for the green light from the United States, first and foremost to complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty," Katz said, in a direct reference to Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named Supreme Leader following the death of his father Ali Khamenei on 28 March.
The minister went further, declaring Israel's intent to "bring Iran back to the dark ages and the Stone Age."
The statement represents one of the most explicit public threats issued by an Israeli official toward Tehran in recent weeks.
Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict.
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Seven months into this war, the Islamic Republic is in the tightest corner of its forty-seven years. That is not cheerleading; it is arithmetic.
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