Israeli Defense Minister Katz warns Israel will hit all Iranian energy infrastructure if Iran attacks

Defense Minister Israel Katz convened a 'multifront' security assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and senior defense officials on September 3. During the briefing, Katz warned that if Iran launches an attack on Israel, the military will respond by targeting all of the regime's infrastructure, explicitly including energy infrastructure, without restriction.

Why this matters. A direct threat to strike Iranian energy infrastructure raises the stakes for any Iranian retaliation, since such strikes could disrupt Iranian oil exports and further destabilize regional energy markets already strained by the Hormuz shipping crisis.