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An F-16I fighter jet of the Israeli Air Force's 253rd Squadron prepares to take off during an operation to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor on September 5, 2007. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 21, 2018, 5:15 pm
From Osirak to Iran scientists: Other nuclear-related attacks linked to Israel
Aside from destruction of Syrian and Iraqi reactors, covert assassinations and computer viruses have also been attributed to the Jewish state
By AFP
Iraqi forces advance on September 23, 2017 to recapture the insurgent stronghold of Hawija after retaking the nearby northern town of Sharqat from the Islamic State group on the second day of a new offensive. (AFP/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
September 24, 2017, 3:06 am
Iraq says it wants world’s help to build nuclear reactor
Over 35 years after Israeli strike on Osirak, oil-rich country still partially held by IS says it has rights to nuclear power under NonProliferation Treaty
By AP and TOI staff
The Osirak reactor prior to the 1981 Israeli bombing (photo credit: Wikipedia)
June 15, 2016, 11:49 am
Iraq says it’ll sue Israel for bombing Saddam’s nuclear reactor in 1981
Official demands activation of a UN resolution that calls on Jerusalem to compensate Baghdad for strike
By Dov Lieber
Hillel Neuer
June 7, 2016, 1:31 pm
Hillel Neuer
A pilot reminisces
Watch the video, read the transcript of why the raid on Iraq’s nuclear reactor 35 years ago was worth the risk
Late IAF pilot and astronaut Ilan Ramon, interviewed shortly after 1981's Operation Opera, in which Israel destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
June 4, 2016, 6:34 am
35 years on, IAF pilots recall daring mission to bomb Saddam’s nuke reactor
Airmen divulge use of inside intel from Osirak, and how they ribbed rookie flier Ilan Ramon — the last and most vulnerable man in the formation of eight jets
By TOI staff
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering his candidacy for president in May 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
October 28, 2015, 10:30 am
Former Iran leader said to admit country pursued nukes
Ex-president Rafsanjani reportedly says he and Khamenei began program to create deterrent during war with Iraq
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 2:01 am
Iran is laughing at leaky Israel, says Liberman after new Barak tapes aired
While bashing former defense minister, Yisrael Beytenu leader also takes aim at PM for failing to tackle Iran effectively
By TOI staff
Amir Eshel, the commander of the Israel Air Force. (Photo credit: Yossi Zeliger / Flash 90)
April 23, 2015, 11:06 pm
Air force chief can ‘get job done’ if order comes to hit Iran
Israel has invested ‘immense sums’ over past decade building the capacity to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities, TV report says
By TOI staff
MK Avi Dichter (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
March 31, 2015, 3:03 pm
Be ‘very worried’ about Iran deal, says ex-Shin Bet head
Likud MK Avi Dichter says pact would make Tehran nuclear threshold power, terms Islamic Republic ‘favorite son’ of the West
By Lazar Berman
Former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin speaks at an event in Jerusalem on February 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 31, 2015, 10:02 am
Ex-intel chief: If Iran’s uranium isn’t exported, US will have failed with deal
Amos Yadlin, Zionist Union’s candidate for defense minister, says public criticism of US positions toughened Obama administration’s stance
By Lazar Berman
February 20, 2015, 9:08 pm
‘If you want to shoot, shoot,’ urges Liberman, deriding Israel’s whining on Iran
Too much talk is harming Israel’s deterrence, foreign minister says in implied attack on Netanyahu
By TOI staff and Justin Jalil
October 17, 2014, 6:45 pm
‘Saddam plotted to kidnap Israeli PM Begin as revenge for Osirak’
Former confidant of Iraqi dictator tells London paper about plan to get back at Israel for destroying nuclear facility
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event marking 10 years to the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on September 21, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
September 21, 2014, 10:13 pm
Netanyahu scorns easing pressure on Iran for help against IS
Prime minister says if West were to scale back nuclear sanctions on Tehran, it’d be like returning Assad’s chemical weapons
By Stuart Winer
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius shake hands before conducting a bilateral meeting during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Wednesday, September 25, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)
November 10, 2013, 6:50 pm
Why France stood alone to scuttle Iran deal
Paris seeks a larger role in the region, and it has lucrative arms deals with the Saudis, but that’s not the whole story
By Raphael Ahren
An IAF fighter is refueled during a training exercise, October 2013. (photo credit: image capture YouTube/IAF, illustrative)
October 10, 2013, 9:43 pm
In show of military might, Israel drills long-range air force attack
Week after warning from the PM about acting alone against Iran, IAF runs — and publicizes — midair refueling exercises and simulated strike on distant target
By Gavriel Fiske
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