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Thirty years ago, on June 7 at 5:31 in the evening, eight Israeli F-16s attacked Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad. Within 80 seconds they dropped 16 MK-84 iron bombs. When the last two were ...

Since 2005, Israeli leaders have consistently viewed Iran's nuclear programme as an existential threat. On the afternoon of June 7, 1981, fourteen Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets launched from ...

On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli fighter jets launched a strike targeting Iraq’s nuclear reactor. Dubbed Operation Opera, this daring mission marked the first successful raid ever conducted against a ...

In June 1981, Israel stunned the world with one of the boldest military operations in modern history. Operation Opera, also known as the Osirak raid, was a daring preemptive strike that destroyed Iraq ...