JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuters) - Israel will strike Iran again if it is threatened by Tehran, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday.

Despite setbacks to its missile program, Iran remains the largest ballistic missile power in the Middle East, with proxies like the Houthis posing regional threats.

Israel had already destroyed Iran’s air defenses and taken control of its skies. President Donald Trump claimed that the air strikes he ordered “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which they probably didn’t.

Israel believes deeply buried stocks of enriched uranium at one Iranian nuclear facility hit by the U.S. military are potentially retrievable, a senior Israeli official said.

A Palestinian official says key sticking points at the indirect negotiations in Qatar include how aid will be distributed.