JAKARTA - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that a joint bombing campaign with the United States against Iran would continue "as long as necessary," confirming that the attacks had caused many casualties on the part of Tehran's forces.
"This operation will continue indefinitely, for as long as it takes, until we achieve all our goals and decide on the outcome of the campaign," he said, adding that Iran's leadership was fleeing "like rats into a tunnel," Al Arabiya reported from AFP (12/3).
Defense Minister Katz said the hospital morgue in Iran was full, but insisted that the casualties were not civilians.
He added that the attacks would continue in Tehran and across the country "day after day, target after target."
The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran on February 28, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and plunging the Middle East into an increasingly heated war.
The attack comes weeks after Iranian authorities brutally put down mass protests, although the United States and Israel say they are not necessarily seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime.
Menan Katz said the attacks would continue "to allow the Iranian people to rise up, act, and overthrow this regime," adding "in the end, it's something that depends on them."
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