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Katz instructs IDF to ‘respond forcefully’ after Iran breaks ceasefire with missile attack
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, June 20, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Israel Katz says he has instructed the IDF to “respond forcefully to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran.”
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Iran at Israel after a ceasefire was supposed to take effectץ Both were intercepted.
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