Israel signals readiness for another Iran strike as Trump declares ceasefire over

Israel’s leaders are publically signaling that their state is prepared to onslaught Iran for a 3rd time, while a U.S. charismatic tells Fox News Digital that Washington remains intimately coordinated pinch Jerusalem. 

"The IDF is connected precocious alert and prepared to resume nan campaign, regain aerial superiority, and transportation retired an independent Israeli onslaught against Iran to destruct threats — moreover for a 3rd time," Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Minister Israel Katz said Thursday astatine a graduation ceremonial for nan Israeli Air Force’s newest pilots.

"If we person to return, we will return pinch moreover greater force," Katz added.

ISRAEL DEFENSE CHIEF WARNS STRIKES ON IRAN COULD RESUME SOON, SIGNALS CAMPAIGN NOT OVER

U.S. Central Command shared this footage successful a July 8, 2026, property merchandise astir strikes against Iran.  (CENTCOM)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu besides warned Thursday that Israel’s run against Iran was not vanished and said Tehran would not beryllium permitted to get a atomic weapon, sloppy of immoderate statement reached pinch Washington.

"The warfare has not yet ended," Netanyahu said astatine nan aerial unit ceremony. "Alongside nan aged challenges, caller challenges are emerging. Axes are falling, and axes are rising. We are paying attraction to this. We are prepared for each scenario."

Two Israeli sources told CNN Friday that nan Trump management does not presently want Israel to participate successful nan latest U.S. strikes against Iran. 

"Netanyahu would really want to subordinate nan U.S. strikes, but nan U.S. doesn’t want Israel progressive astatine nan moment," 1 of nan sources told CNN.

A U.S. charismatic denied nan report, telling Fox News Digital, "This is clone news. The United States has a beardown narration pinch Israel, which contributed to nan resounding occurrence of Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury. We stay successful adjacent coordination pinch our Israeli partners."

Israel first launched a awesome run against Iran successful June 2025, pinch nan United States later joining nan fighting by striking nan Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic facilities. On Feb. 28, nan 2 friends launched a new, coordinated subject run against Iran.

While Israeli leaders are openly presenting nan subject arsenic fresh for different campaign, immoderate Israeli officials and analysts opportunity location is small appetite for renewed fighting unless it produces a clear strategical result.

The nationalist warnings whitethorn overstate Israel’s desire to reenter nan fighting, said Israeli expert and journalist for Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth, Nadav Eyal. 

"On nan record, Israel is signaling that it is prepared and moreover eager to onslaught Iran. But disconnected nan record, sources are saying that it is thing but that," Eyal told Fox News Digital. "The logic is clear: Any Israeli onslaught successful Iran will lead to Iranian ballistic rocket attacks against Israel."

US CLAWS BACK KEY CONCESSION TO IRAN AFTER FRESH ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's premier minister, from left, US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance during a bilateral gathering successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Trump insisted Egypt and Jordan will return successful Palestinians from nan Gaza Strip, dismissing nan countries' refusal to judge group from nan war-shattered territory. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)

Eyal said nan home governmental consequences could make Netanyahu reluctant to statesman different information of fighting, peculiarly arsenic Israel approaches different election.

"If these strikes are meant to supply meaningful, strategical change, it is thing nan premier curate tin waste to nan public," Eyal said. "But if nan volition is only to usage Israel arsenic leverage, why should Israelis again acquisition a mates of weeks aliases much of sitting successful safe rooms and losing their summertime vacations, children’s time camps and summertime camps? That could play retired severely for nan premier curate politically."

"The truth is that Israel was not really enthusiastic astir different strike," he added. "That doesn’t mean it is not going to happen. If President Trump demands that Netanyahu join, it is very difficult to spot nan Israelis saying no. But correct now, I don’t spot immoderate passion for it."

The negotiated outreach continued moreover arsenic Trump declared that nan ceasefire pinch Iran was over.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked america to proceed ‘talks.’ We person agreed to do so, but nan United States has stated to them, successful nary uncertain terms, that nan Cease Fire is OVER!" Trump wrote successful a station connected Truth Social.

A root pinch knowledge of nan business told Fox News that Qatari negotiators person traveled to Iran, successful coordination pinch nan United States, to meet pinch Iranian officials successful an effort to de-escalate nan business and create nan conditions for negotiations to resume.

On Thursday, Netanyahu and Trump said by phone, according to nan Israeli premier minister’s office, which said nan 2 agreed to proceed coordinating crossed respective location fronts. Trump briefed Netanyahu connected American operations successful nan Gulf, nan connection said.

NETANYAHU REJECTS REPORTS OF A RIFT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYS THE TWO REMAIN ALIGNED ON IRAN

A outer image shows harm astatine nan power building successful nan larboard of Chabahar, Iran, July 9, 2026, aft nan U.S. subject said July 8, 2026, it launched caller strikes connected Iran to support nan Strait of Hormuz unfastened to shipping. ( 2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via Reuters)

The subject warnings came arsenic nan Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Israel had provided nan United States pinch intelligence astir what is described arsenic a caller Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.

The developments travel renewed attacks connected commercialized shipping successful nan Strait of Hormuz, wherever U.S. naval officials said nan maritime threat remained "severe." U.S. Naval Forces Central Command reminded commercial vessels Friday that an expanded confederate way done nan strait remained unfastened and that nary controlling authority could require ships to salary a interest for passage.

A U.S. charismatic told Fox News connected inheritance that Iran’s attacks against commercialized vessels were "acts of terrorism" and constituted grounded capacity nether nan memorandum of knowing betwixt Washington and Tehran.

"The United States is still committed to uncovering a resolution, and method talks continue," nan charismatic said. "Iran tin ne'er person a atomic weapon."

Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, a erstwhile elder Israeli subject intelligence serviceman who now heads nan Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said Israel had ne'er regarded nan memorandum arsenic an capable guarantee.

"From Israel’s perspective, nan MOU was ne'er a bully deal," Kuperwasser told Fox News Digital, speaking of nan memorandum of knowing betwixt nan U.S. and Iran. 

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CENTCOM shared footage of strikes against airplanes amid Iran war (U.S. Central Command connected X)

"Israel should beryllium connected precocious alert, fresh to look an Iranian onslaught and prepared to onslaught backmost if necessary," he added.

For now, Israel’s leaders look to beryllium leaving Iran — and Washington — pinch small uncertainty that they are prepared to act. Whether nan United States allows Israel to subordinate nan renewed campaign, however, could find whether nan latest confrontation remains constricted aliases develops into different full-scale location war.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House for comment.