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====Iraq====
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Israel and Iraq have been implacable foes since 1948. Iraq sent its troops to participate in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and later backed Egypt and Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

In June 1981, Israel attacked and destroyed newly built Iraqi nuclear facilities in [[Operation Opera]].

During the [[Gulf War]] in 1991, Iraq [[Iraqi rocket attacks on Israel|fired 39 Scud missiles]] into Israel, in the hopes of uniting the Arab world against the coalition which sought to liberate [[Kuwait]]. At the behest of the United States, Israel did not respond to this attack in order to prevent a greater outbreak of war.