‘All Hamas is doing now’ is readying to attack Gaza border towns, Katz tells Navy troops

By Emanuel Fabian

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21 May 2025, 3:44 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, and Navy chief Vice Adm. David Sa'ar Salama are seen on a boat at the Ashdod Naval Base in southern Israel, May 21, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Israel Katz says “all Hamas is doing now” is preparing to attack Israeli border communities near Gaza.

“I came here from a visit to the Shin Bet headquarters, and all that Hamas is doing now is updating targets in the border communities through sources that provide it with information, like the Iranians and others,” Katz says to sailors during a visit to the Ashdod Naval Base.

“It is also handling planning on how to continue, and we therefore must win here… We must make sure that [Hamas] does not stay here,” he adds.