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Events on Sunday 7 June 1981 2
1981Israeli airstrike destroys Iraq's Osirak reactorOperation Opera targets Iraqi nuclear facilityIsraeli fighter jets destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad on 7 June 1981, in a raid codenamed Operation Opera. Israel said the strike prevented Iraq from developing nuclear weapons. The attack was condemned by the UN Security Council but is widely cited in later debates over preemptive strikes on nuclear facilities.
1981Operation OperaIsraeli strike on OsirakEight Israeli F-16s, escorted by F-15s, destroy Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad.