Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens to strike Dimona nuclear reactor

16 February 2017, 5:06 pm

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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sarcastically suggests Israel dismantle its nuclear reactor in Dimona, saying that if it doesn’t the reactor will be targeted by his group in a future war with Israel.

“I call upon Israel not only to evacuate the ammonia tank from Haifa, but also to dismantle the Dimona nuclear reactor. The Israeli nuclear weapon that represents a threat to the entire region — we will turn it into a threat to Israel,” he says in a speech televised on the Hezbollah affiliate TV station al-Manar.

He calls the reactor “old, rusting, whose time is ended,” and adds, “you will be surprised at what we are hiding which could affect the course of any war.”

— Dov Lieber and Times of Israel staff