{"id":563439,"date":"2026-07-28T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563439\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:58:08","slug":"us-air-force-took-off-from-israel-to-strike-iran-defense-minister-katz-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563439\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force took off from Israel to strike Iran, Defense Minister Katz says"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Air Force<\/a> fighter jets and bombers took off from Israeli air bases to carry out strikes on Iran in recent weeks, Defense Minister Israel Katz<\/a> said in an interview with right-wing TV outlet Channel 14’s “Bitchonistim” on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“The Iranians know” that the jets have taken off from Israel to strike Iran<\/a>, Katz said.<\/p>\n

“The arrogant empire that threatened to destroy Israel has collapsed,” Katz added.<\/p>\n

“We announced in the clearest terms that if Israel is fired upon, we will attack with all our might. We are prepared to strike Iran,” Katz warned.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington will discuss Iran, and the “US has interests in Iran that exceed those of Israel,” Katz said.<\/p>\n

“Trump understands that Israel will not withdraw from buffer zones in Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria,” Katz stated.<\/p>\n

“I visited Gaza a week ago; there are still huge tunnels there,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“The right timing [to discuss establishing settlements in the Gaza Strip] is the moment it is announced that Hamas did not comply with the ceasefire agreement,” he said.<\/p>\n

Katz was also asked about the threat of Turkey and its rhetoric against Israel. “The Muslim Brotherhood axis could be very dangerous… we are responsible for protecting our interests. I suggest to [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan not to mess with us,” Katz told Channel 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Air Force fighter jets and bombers took off from Israeli air bases to carry out strikes on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[58039,49,47994,171481,54,16606,83601,50,85,46,1295,43,157282,157283,26719,3064,1582,137365],"class_list":["post-563439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-b-2-stealth-bomber","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-centcom","tag-channel-14","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone","tag-fighter-jets","tag-gaza","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-muslim-brotherhood","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-spotlight","tag-turkey","tag-us-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563439","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=563439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}