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Katz says external actors were supposed to join plan to topple Iran regime, were prevented

The Zioneer Intelligence DeskUpdated 19:34
Katz says external actors were supposed to join plan to topple Iran regime, were prevented

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TL;DR

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that external actors were supposed to join an undisclosed plan to topple the Iranian regime but were prevented from doing so. Katz offered no specifics but referenced the plan attributed to former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS).

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Defense Minister Israel Katz added a new detail to the emerging picture of Israeli planning regarding the Iranian regime, stating Monday evening that external actors were supposed to join an undisclosed plan to topple the regime but were prevented from doing so. Katz made the remark during a briefing, attributing the reference to a plan attributed to former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. He did not name the external actors or specify whether the prevention was imposed by international or internal constraints.

As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, Katz also publicly instructed the IDF to prepare for a codenamed offensive in Iran dubbed 'Operation White-Blue,' calling it the most specific named directive since the ceasefire with Iran took effect. The defense minister also warned that war could erupt at any moment and said there are approximately 2,500 Hezbollah operatives between the Litani and Zahrani rivers. The two sets of remarks — the operation readiness and the regime-toppling reference — appear to be separate tracks, with the latter attributed to a plan by a former intelligence chief.

The claim about prevented external participation is attributed to a single journalistic source (Amichai Stein, i24NEWS) and no independent corroboration has been reported. Katz offered no timeline, specific participants, or details on what the plan entailed.

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