Katz asserts that Israel is at closest point to ‘achieving the goals of the war’

By Emanuel Fabian

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22 July 2025, 10:54 pm

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

R-L: Defense Minister Israel Katz holds an assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, Operations Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Itzik Cohen, Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, and Planning Directorate chief Vice Adm. Eyal Harel, July 22, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Israel Katz, during a security assessment today, says Israel is “at the closest point to achieving the goals of the war.”

“We have two open fronts left in Gaza and Yemen, and we must act to fully resolve them,” Katz says, according to a statement from his office.

During the assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, other top generals and representatives from the Mossad and Shin Bet, Katz “emphasized the importance of meeting the war objectives as defined, foremost among them the return of all the hostages and the defeat of the Hamas terror group,” his office says.