Katz Says Iran Leaders Advancing Destruction Plans Will Be Thwarted

Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a same-hour warning during Ali Khamenei's funeral in Iran, saying the former supreme leader was eliminated by Israel because he led a program to destroy Israel in Iran and across the region. Katz said "the destroyer was destroyed" and warned that any Iranian leader who again tries to advance plans to destroy Israel will be thwarted as well. He also condemned "Death to Trump" chants at the funeral, calling them proof of the ayatollah regime's true character, and said the Netanyahu-Trump-led strike removed immediate extermination threats from Israel. The message keeps deterrence clear while Iran uses funeral theater to rally revenge.