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IDF chief: 2007 reactor strike shows Israel will not tolerate threats to its existence
by Israel Hayom
March 21, 2018

The message from the strike on the Syrian nuclear reactor is clear: Israel will not tolerate existential threats, said Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot on Wednesday, after the Israeli military confirmed it carried out the 2007 airstrike that destroyed a nuclear reactor being built in eastern Syria. Although Israel was widely believed to have been behind the airstrike on the Deir ez-Zor facility on Sept. 6, 2007, it has never before commented publicly on it. Israel’s Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz suggested on Wednesday that the timing of the revelation meant to send a message to Iran. READ MORE

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