Katz: We Enter a Decisive Phase in Iran

Translation by SadaNews - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that the conflict with Iran is escalating, and we are entering a decisive phase that will continue as long as necessary.

This came during a security assessment session held on Saturday attended by senior leaders of his army.

He added, as translated by SadaNews, that only the Iranian people can put an end to this through a determined struggle to overthrow the regime of terrorism and save Iran.

He congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on the severe strike carried out by the U.S. military last night against the Iranian oil island, considering this the appropriate response to the mining of the Strait of Hormuz and the attempts at extortion by the "terrorist" Iranian regime.

Katz stated: The Israeli Air Force continues a wave of intense attacks in Tehran and across Iran.

He added: Iran practices "terrorism" and regional and global extortion to deter Israel and the United States from continuing the fight, and we respond with strong, unrelenting steel force.

He continued: We are entering a decisive phase in the conflict between the regime's attempts to survive while causing increasing suffering to the Iranian people and capitulation.