{"id":225961,"date":"2026-07-28T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/225961\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:17:08","slug":"us-air-force-took-off-from-israel-to-strike-iran-defense-minister-katz-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/225961\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force took off from Israel to strike Iran, Defense Minister Katz says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-902950\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-903499\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel Katz<\/a> said in an interview with right-wing TV outlet Channel 14&#8217;s &#8220;Bitchonistim&#8221; on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Iranians know&#8221; that the jets have taken off from Israel to strike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-903869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a>, Katz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;The arrogant empire that threatened to destroy Israel has collapsed,&#8221; Katz added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;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,&#8221; Katz warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington will discuss Iran, and the &#8220;US has interests in Iran that exceed those of Israel,&#8221; Katz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;Trump understands that Israel will not withdraw from buffer zones in Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria,&#8221; Katz stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;I visited Gaza a week ago; there are still huge tunnels there,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">&#8220;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,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Katz was also asked about the threat of Turkey and its rhetoric against Israel. &#8220;The Muslim Brotherhood axis could be very dangerous&#8230; we are responsible for protecting our interests. I suggest to [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan not to mess with us,&#8221; 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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[52172,41,141,5292,38,711,513,496,37,1589,212,92,3988,6904,1176,5099],"class_list":["post-225961","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-israel","tag-muslim-brotherhood","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-spotlight","tag-turkey","tag-us-air-force"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116997327579300497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}