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Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
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Israel
Country in West Asia
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Outside the Box
2007 Israeli airstrike on a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor
Operation Outside the Box, also known as Operation Orchard, was an Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor, referred to as the Al Kibar site, in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria, which occurred just after midnight on 6 September 2007. The Israeli and U.S. governments did…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Syria
Country in West Asia
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)