JERUSALEM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that the intensity of strikes on the Iranian government and the country's infrastructure by the United States and Israel will increase "significantly" in the coming week.
Speaking to senior military commanders during a situation assessment, Katz noted that the war will not stop until all its goals are achieved.
Katz said the attacks will continue "until all security threats to Israel and U.S. interests in the region are removed."
He added that Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps is leading "missile firing against the Israeli home front and countries in the region."
Shortly before Katz made the announcement, fragments from an Iranian missile hit an empty kindergarten in Rishon Lezion in central Israel. Israeli army spokesman Nadav Shoshani posted a video of the kindergarten building on the social media platform X. No casualties were reported as the facility was empty at the time.
On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. bases and assets in the Middle East. ■
