Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, speaking during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025. (Credit: Alex Wroblewski/AFP.)
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a warning to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a tour of the Israeli army’s Ramon air base.
“If you continue to threaten Israel, our long arm will reach Tehran again, with even more force. And this time, it will be you personally,” he said, according to Haaretz. The minister added: “Don’t make threats, or you will face the consequences.”
On July 16, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had said that Tehran was ready to respond to any new military attack and capable of dealing “a harder blow” to its adversaries than during last June’s 12-day war. “The fact that our nation is ready to confront the power of the United States and their lapdog, the Zionist regime [Israel,] is highly commendable,” the Iranian supreme leader said, in remarks reported by state television.
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