Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will “increase significantly” in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Mideast. The mixed U.S. messages came after another climb in oil prices plunged the U.S. stock market, and was followed by a Trump administration announcement that it will lift sanctions on Iranian oil loaded on ships, a move aimed at wrangling soaring fuel prices. The war, meanwhile, has shown no signs of abating with Israel saying Iran continued to fire missiles at it early Saturday. Iran said its Natanz nuclear facility has been hit in an airstrike but that there has been no radiation leakage.
