{"id":311901,"date":"2025-07-11T05:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311901"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:07:06","slug":"in-direct-message-to-khamenei-katz-warns-iran-of-israels-destructive-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311901","title":{"rendered":"In ‘direct message’ to Khamenei, Katz warns Iran of Israel’s ‘destructive power’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yonah Jeremy Bob \u2013 The Jerusalem Post July 10, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Speaking at the IAF pilots\u2019 graduation ceremony on Thursday, Defense Minister Israel Katz<\/a> said the graduates symbolize the long arm of the IDF, which can strike anywhere in Iran, from Tehran to Isfahan to Tabriz.<\/p>\n

The graduates were also \u201ca direct message to the dictator [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei and to the ayatollahs in Iran about the destructive power of the air force should Iran test the Jewish state\u2019s patience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

There is no place where Iranian officials who harm Israel can hide, he added.<\/p>\n

IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar<\/a> said: \u201cWe bridged the challenge of 1,800 kilometers and transformed Iran from a \u2018third circle\u2019 [faraway] country to a \u2018first circle\u2019 [nearby] country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe military campaign has not ended,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are ready to act again anytime it is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katz says that the IDF will strike Iran if needed<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Katz said the IDF was ready to attack again<\/a> and with even more force than last month.<\/p>\n

He also shared a personal note that he grew up near an air force base. The loud noise of aircraft taking off did not scare him; instead, they deepened his sense of safety, since he knew who was protecting him, he added.<\/p>\n

Prior to the airstrike against Iran, Katz said he had met with many pilots and asked them how they felt about the very real scenario in which they could be shot down and killed or captured forever in Iran<\/p>\n

Katz said he was told: \u201cWe have no hesitations. We are determined to do everything we can to defend the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IDF\u2019s blockbuster accomplishments in June were akin to its game-changing surprise attacks on the Egyptian and Syrian air forces during the Six Day War<\/a>, Katz said.<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Houthis would pay a large price for their continued attacks against Israel, including early on Thursday morning, he said.<\/p>\n

Despite Katz\u2019s reassurances regarding the Houthis, Israel has not yet found a military pressure point to stop the Houthis from firing missiles.<\/p>\n

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said the IAF\u2019s preparation and courage were critical to the success of operations against Iran.<\/p>\n

The daring and audacious nature of the mission would not have been possible without the ultra-rigorous training the pilots go through before they get to fly advanced fighter jets, he said.<\/p>\n

The IAF was also crucial in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, Zamir said.<\/p>\n

Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defense Minister Katz and Israeli Air Force Commander Bar have both warned Iran that the Zionist state is ready to strike Iran. Given that Israel cannot take-on Iran alone, at least for a protracted conflict, their threats suggest that they\u2019ve been assured of U.S. backing should war erupt again <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311904,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311901\/revisions\/311904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}