JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared during a security assessment that Israel is prepared to renew its military campaign against Iran and is awaiting approval from the United States to strike the new supreme leader and key Iranian energy infrastructure.

“Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran. The IDF is ready in defense and offense, and the targets are marked,” Katz said, according to statements attributed to him.

Katz emphasized that Israel is waiting for a “green light from the United States” to proceed with high-priority targets, including completing the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty — which he described as the initiator of an “extermination plan against Israel” — and successors in the Iranian leadership. He also outlined plans to strike central energy and electricity facilities to “return Iran to the age of darkness and stone” and to cripple the regime’s national economic infrastructure.

The comments come amid ongoing tensions following previous rounds of conflict between Israel and Iran, during which Israeli forces have already targeted Iranian military and economic assets, including major petrochemical facilities.

Katz has previously indicated that Israel sought to eliminate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during earlier hostilities but lacked an operational opportunity, and that the U.S. has provided a green light for further action if Iran advances its nuclear program or other threats.

Israeli officials have framed the campaign as necessary to neutralize existential threats from the Iranian regime, which they accuse of sponsoring terrorism and pursuing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied seeking nuclear arms and accused Israel and the U.S. of aggression.

No immediate response was available from U.S. officials or the Israeli Prime Minister’s office on the latest assessment.

VINnews will continue to monitor developments in the region.