{"id":565543,"date":"2026-07-29T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565543\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:08:10","slug":"idf-denies-report-eyal-zamir-apologized-over-katz-iran-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565543\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF denies report Eyal Zamir apologized over Katz Iran remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir was forced to apologize for Defense Minister Israel Katz’s remarks<\/a> revealing that US planes were taking off from Israeli bases to attack Iran<\/a>, Saudi outlet Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to Al-Arabiya, which cited military sources, the officers in charge of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) were outraged about Katz’s comments, forcing Zamir to issue an apology about the situation.<\/p>\n

However, the IDF later dismissed the Al-Arabiya\u00a0report, stating that “the publication regarding the conversation between the chief of staff and the CENTCOM commander [Adm. Brad Cooper] is incorrect. The chief of staff has not spoken with the CENTCOM commander since the minister’s remarks were published.”<\/p>\n

The report also claimed, according to its sources, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> was “furious” following Katz’s comments regarding the American planes taking off from Israel.<\/p>\n

Additionally,\u00a0Al-Arabiya reported that a state of “maximum alert” was declared, fearing that the revelation made by Katz would trigger an Iranian attack<\/a> against Israel.<\/p>\n

Katz spoke on Tuesday with right-wing TV outlet Channel 14\u2019s \u201cBitchonistim,\u201d and claimed that “the Iranians know\u201d that the jets have taken off from Israel to strike Iran.<\/p>\n

On Monday and Tuesday, the IDF intercepted at least three drones in the Jordanian border region. A source told The Jerusalem Post that the drones were likely launched by Iran-backed Shi\u2019ite militias in Iraq.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how to manage things, and we are prepared,\u201d Katz said when asked about these developments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrogant empire that threatened to destroy Israel has collapsed,\u201d Katz added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe announced in the clearest terms that if Israel is fired upon, we will attack with all our might. We are prepared to strike Iran,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

James Genn and Amichai Stein contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir was forced to apologize for Defense Minister Israel Katz’s remarks revealing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,47994,17466,2464,1031,85,46,2723,4716,43],"class_list":["post-565543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-centcom","tag-defense-ministry","tag-eyal-zamir","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-katz","tag-israeli-air-force","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565543","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=565543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}