Menachem Begin8 June 1981
Israeli planes bomb a nuclear power plant near Iraq, the act is condemned by the UN
Israel · Government / Government of Israel. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Israeli planes bomb a nuclear power plant near Iraq, the act is condemned by the UN
The Israeli military discloses in 2003 that it had planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1992, the plot would have involved landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral
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