(Jun. 13, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Israel expects U.S. President Donald Trump to uphold the objective of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in the looming memorandum of understanding to end the conflict with Tehran, Defense Minister Israel Katz tweeted on Friday.<\/p>\n
He added that Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles program and its funding of terrorist proxies across the Middle East are two subjects also expected to be included in the advanced-stage negotiations.<\/p>\n
Katz stated that Israel must ensure its independence to act against Iran in the future, and that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for this scenario.<\/p>\n
He vowed that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the \u201cthe security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. The IDF will continue to defend our borders and our citizens from the peak of Mount Hermon, the mountains of Lebanon, the areas of our land in the Samaria region, and most of the territory of Gaza\u2014against the threats posed by jihadist forces and organizations,\u201d as a central lesson from the Hamas-led massacre in Israel\u2019s northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
Katz noted that the \u201cterrorist camps in northern Samaria\u201d have been evacuated of residents, and \u201cif necessary,\u201d operations will expand to additional camps in the area\u2014likely referring to Palestinian \u201crefugee\u201d camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur Shams, and Far\u2019a, whose residents were evacuated during \u201cOperation Iron Wall\u201d in the start of 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur security doctrine is sharp and clear: We act against both near and distant threats and strive for decisive outcomes rather than compromises and concessions,\u201d the defense minister stressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch is at stake in this period, and we are determined to continue leading a firm security policy that will prevent harm to our security achievements and will not endanger our ability to fight against the Shi\u2019ite axis of evil led by Iran and the Sunni axis of evil led by the Muslim Brotherhood,\u201d Katz continued.<\/p>\n
The minister expressed his gratitude to the IDF soldiers and to the residents of Israel\u2019s north, along the border with Lebanon, which has been bombarded by Hezbollah for long periods since the start of the war in 2023.<\/p>\n
He moreover embraced the bereaved families who have lost loved ones during the war and wished a speedy recovery to all the wounded, \u201cin body and soul, who have devoted themselves to defending Jewish lives and the security of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Jun. 13, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel expects U.S. President Donald Trump to uphold the objective of preventing Iran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-491196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}