{"id":590937,"date":"2026-04-23T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590937"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:40:00","slug":"israel-waiting-for-us-greenlight-to-renew-iran-war-new-targets-marked-says-katz-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590937","title":{"rendered":"Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War:\u00a0New &#8216;Targets Marked&#8217;, Says Katz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War:\u00a0New &#8216;Targets Marked&#8217;, Says Katz<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump&#8217;s initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is now preparing for the possibility of a <strong>return to fighting<\/strong>, the country&#8217;s media is on Thursday reporting. Israel&#8217;s leadership has consistently stated that it wants to see regime change or else total government and societal collapse, saying that only then would Iran never more be a &#8216;threat to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/katz-says-israel-waiting-for-green-light-to-renew-war-against-iran\/\">made clear<\/a> that &#8220;<strong>Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran<\/strong>. The IDF is prepared for both defense and offense, and <strong>the targets are marked<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/katzfile_1.jpg?itok=lkInfBss\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/katzfile_1.jpg?itok=lkInfBss\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1d31238e-829f-429a-8069-c15c4157a1c6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/katzfile_1.jpg?itok=lkInfBss\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But tellingly, he admitted a big obstacle stands in the way before the go ahead for a renewed bombing campaign can be given.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are waiting for the green light from the U.S., first and foremost,<strong> to complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty<\/strong> and to return Iran to the dark and stone ages by destroying Iran&#8217;s major energy and power facilities,&#8221; Katz said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This time, <strong>our strikes will be different and more deadly<\/strong>, and will deliver further devastating blows to the most painful places, which will shake and collapse the regime&#8217;s foundations,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the only place where Israeli forces are still actively engaged in combat related to the Iran conflict is in Lebanon. Technically a 10-day ceasefire, which is hanging by a thread, is still on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there has been ongoing fighting and shelling targeting Hezbollah in the south, and the last days have seen it grow more intense, per local reports.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to chair security consultations on Thursday evening, against backdrop of growing difficulties in the US-Iran talks, which appear to have been effectively frozen for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Israel says it is &#8220;prepared for any scenario&#8221; and is without doubt intensifying its intelligence-gathering and military preparedness, which includes the urgent restocking of its dwindled interceptor and missile arsenal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Israel Defense Minister Katz:<\/p>\n<p>Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran. Waiting on a U.S. green light. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTGFSAe5wh\">pic.twitter.com\/MTGFSAe5wh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2047343418771198286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Al Arabiya, citing Israel Channel 13 is reporting that there&#8217;s general anticipation in Israel that the <strong>war could resume &#8220;by the end of the week.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Thu, 04\/23\/2026 &#8211; 16:40<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/katzfile_1.jpg?itok=lkInfBss\" title=\"Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War:\u00a0New 'Targets Marked', Says Katz\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War:\u00a0New &#8216;Targets Marked&#8217;, Says Katz It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump&#8217;s initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590937\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War:\u00a0New &#8216;Targets Marked&#8217;, Says Katz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/590926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}