{"id":563682,"date":"2026-07-28T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563682\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:58:08","slug":"us-warplanes-take-off-from-israel-to-attack-iran-israeli-defense-minister-says-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563682\/","title":{"rendered":"US warplanes take off from Israel to attack Iran, Israeli defense minister says \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Tuesday that US warplanes are taking off from Israel to carry out attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS fighter jets are taking off from Israel to launch attacks on Iran, and the Iranians know that,\u201d Katz told Channel 14.<\/p>\n<p>The defense minister said that Israel wants to attack Iranian energy targets, but the Israeli plan is opposed by Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly want to attack Iranian energy targets, but the US does not agree to that at this stage,\u201d Katz said, threatening to hit Iran in case of any attack by Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they fire at Israel, we will respond with full force. We are ready to strike Iran independently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Iran on Katz\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260728-former-israeli-military-intelligence-chief-warns-over-irans-nuclear-programme-and-future-us-support\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Israeli military intelligence chief warns over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and future US support<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli minister also claimed that US President Donald Trump understands that Israel will not withdraw from what he called \u201cbuffer zones\u201d in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how to manage things. We are ready,\u201d Katz said when asked whether Israel would respond to a drone launched earlier Tuesday from Iraq and intercepted near the Jordanian border.<\/p>\n<p>On Gaza, Katz said he visited the Palestinian enclave a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe destroyed Gaza above and below ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Israel would allow illegal settlements to be established in Gaza, he said the timing should come when Israel declares that Hamas has not complied with the ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched its genocide in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023, with US support, killing more than 73,000 Palestinians and injuring over 174,000 others, most of them women and children.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bDespite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, Israel has continued daily attacks, killing 1,207 Palestinians and injuring 3,914 others, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260728-us-officials-say-sanctions-may-hurt-iran-more-than-strikes-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US officials say sanctions may hurt Iran more than strikes: Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Tuesday that US warplanes are taking off from Israel to carry out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-563682","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\/563682","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=563682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}