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, portion a U.S. authoritative tells Fox News Digital that Washington remains intimately coordinated with Jerusalem. 

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

"If we person to return, we volition instrumentality with adjacent 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 finished and said Tehran would not beryllium permitted to get a atomic weapon, careless of immoderate statement reached with Washington.

"The warfare has not yet ended," Netanyahu said astatine the aerial unit ceremony. "Alongside the 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 the Trump medication does not presently privation Israel to enactment successful the latest U.S. strikes against Iran. 

"Netanyahu would truly privation to articulation the U.S. strikes, but the U.S. doesn’t privation Israel progressive astatine the moment," 1 of the sources told CNN.

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

Israel archetypal launched a large run against Iran successful June 2025, with the United States aboriginal joining the warring by striking the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic facilities. On Feb. 28, the 2 allies launched a new, coordinated subject run against Iran.

While Israeli leaders are openly presenting the subject arsenic acceptable for different campaign, immoderate Israeli officials and analysts accidental determination is small appetite for renewed warring unless it produces a wide strategical result.

The nationalist warnings whitethorn overstate Israel’s tendency to reenter the fighting, said Israeli expert and writer for Israeli paper Yedioth Aharonoth, Nadav Eyal. 

"On the record, Israel is signaling that it is prepared and adjacent anxious to onslaught Iran. But disconnected the record, sources are saying that it is thing but that," Eyal told Fox News Digital. "The crushed is clear: Any Israeli onslaught successful Iran volition pb 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 the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Trump insisted Egypt and Jordan volition instrumentality successful Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, dismissing the countries' refusal to judge radical from the war-shattered territory. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)

Eyal said the home governmental consequences could marque Netanyahu reluctant to statesman different circular of fighting, peculiarly arsenic Israel approaches different election.

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

"The information is that Israel was not truly enthusiastic astir different strike," helium added. "That doesn’t mean it is not going to happen. If President Trump demands that Netanyahu join, it is precise hard to spot the Israelis saying no. But close now, I don’t spot immoderate passionateness for it."

The diplomatic outreach continued adjacent arsenic Trump declared that the ceasefire with Iran was over.

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

A root with cognition of the concern told Fox News that Qatari negotiators person traveled to Iran, successful coordination with the United States, to conscionable with Iranian officials successful an effort to de-escalate the concern and make the conditions for negotiations to resume.

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

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

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

The subject warnings came arsenic the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Israel had provided the United States with quality astir what is described arsenic a caller Iranian crippled to assassinate Trump.

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

A U.S. authoritative told Fox News connected inheritance that Iran’s attacks against commercialized vessels were "acts of terrorism" and constituted failed show nether the memorandum of knowing betwixt Washington and Tehran.

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

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

"From Israel’s perspective, the MOU was ne'er a bully deal," Kuperwasser told Fox News Digital, speaking of the memorandum of knowing betwixt the 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, acceptable to look an Iranian onslaught and prepared to onslaught backmost if necessary," helium added.

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

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