Katz also said that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had authorised the military to target “any senior Iranian official for whom the intelligence and operational circle has been closed, without the need for additional approval.”
“We will continue to thwart and hunt them all down.”
“Over the course of this day as well, significant surprises are expected in all arenas that will raise to a new level the war we are waging against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon,” he added.
In a statement announcing Khatib’s killing, the Israeli military said he had “played a significant role during the recent protests throughout Iran, both with regards to the arrest and killing of protestors as well as shaping the regime’s intelligence assessment”.
“In addition to his activities targeting the State of Israel, Khatib led the Ministry of Intelligence’s terrorist activities against Israeli and American targets around the world,” it added, including during the current war between the arch foes.