Israel’s defense minister says an Iranian attack would free the IDF from ‘any restrictions’

Israel’s defense minister has threatened to send Iran back to the Stone Age if it attacks, declaring that such a move would free the Israel Defense Forces from “any restrictions.”

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We will destroy all national, military, and civilian infrastructure in Iran, including energy infrastructure.

Speaking to Defense Ministry employees before the Rosh Hashanah holiday, Israel Katz said Israel would target “all national, military, and civilian infrastructure in Iran, including energy infrastructure.” He said Israel was prepared to act both defensively and offensively, and that the IDF was ready to carry out the mission.

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We will return Iran to the Stone Age.

Katz also argued that Iran already understood the consequences of attacking Israel. “We attacked them with force,” he said, listing the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program, the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and severe damage to the country’s strategic capabilities. He said U.S. economic sanctions were likely to push the Iranian regime “to the brink of destruction.”

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We attacked them with force.

His remarks followed comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said an attack by Iran would be “one of their last decisions.” During a visit to a yeshiva in Sderot, Netanyahu said Iran was attacking and threatening others but had not attacked Israel because its leaders knew what such an assault would mean.

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one of their last decisions