From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Defense minister: Campaign against Iran ‘will continue without any time limit’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
There is no time limit to the US-Israeli operation against Iran, says Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“The operation will continue without any time limit, as long as required, until we accomplish all objectives and achieve victory in the campaign,” says Katz during a situational assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and members of the IDF General Staff, in a video released by Katz’s office.
According to some reports, there is a measure of concern in Israel that US President Donald Trump could decide to end the war earlier than Jerusalem would like, leaving Israel’s key goals unaccomplished.
Katz reiterates the Israeli message that one of the aims of the IDF strikes is “to allow the Iranian people to rise, act, and overthrow this regime. Ultimately, this depends on them.”
Katz says that the US and Israel are “carrying out impressive and systematic operations targeting the regime personnel themselves, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the Basij,” the latter referring to the state militia that has been a key player in Iran’s brutal repression of domestic protests.
Katz calls the Iranian leaders who have survived the strikes “a bunch of cowards who attack women, children, and the elderly in the streets, specialize in massacres and killing civilians.”
He says, “They are already threatening to murder and slaughter anyone who protests.”
The Times of Israel Community.