Israel nuclear weapons

Hamas's Yahya Sinwar welcomed apocalyptic nuclear war if it meant destroying Israel - analysis

"[Israel] may even use a nuclear bomb. But first it will be surprised by the attack and descend into chaos," Yahya Sinwar wrote in a leaked letter.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026.
 Palestinians supporters of Hamas attend an anti-Israel rally in the presence of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on May 25, 2021

Hamas documents reveal: Sinwar expected Israel to use nuclear weapons in response to October 7

US President Donald Trump attends an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026

Democrats urge US to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear program

 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer


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The Jerusalem Post

High Court to hear petition for transparency for Israel’s secretive atomic agency

The hearing will be the first time in history that a judicial body will exercise oversight over the Israeli IAEC.

Dimona nuclear reactor

US suspected Israeli-South African nuclear test behind mysterious 'flash'

On September 22, 1979 an American spy satellite "Vela" registered a powerful flash over the Indian Ocean, several hundred miles off the coast of South Africa.

Dimona nuclear reactor

‘Textile factory’ in Dimona to be renamed after Peres

As director-general of the Defense Ministry in the mid 1950s, Peres was instrumental in building a close relationship with France, which agreed to sell a nuclear reactor to Israel.

Peres at the Nuclear Research Facility

Shimon Peres: The architect of Israel's nuclear program

Perhaps his greatest achievement was the ability to make Israel's enemies believe that Israel had the ultimate strategic deterrence and a nuclear monopoly in the Middle East.

Peres outside the Nuclear Research Facility

Documents detailing UK's involvement in Israel's alleged nuclear arsenal vanish

Israel maintains a policy of ambiguity concerning nuclear weapons, neither confirming nor denying publicly that it has the capability.

Nuclear facility

Jordan determined to sign a nuclear cooperation deal with the US

In March 2015, Jordan, a state that lacks any local energy resources, signed a deal with Russia to build the Kingdom's first two nuclear power plants by the end of 2025.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Michael Oren advises Netanyahu not to sign US aid deal

Oren has taken a risk by promoting a point of view opposed by his party leader, Moshe Kahlon.

Kulanu MK Michael Oren

Nuclear official to ‘Post’: Israel will ratify CTBT

Lassina Zerbo says the question of Israel’s ratification of ban on nuclear testing is "not if, but when."

A nuclear test explosion from April 1954 is shown in this undatelined photo from the US Defense Department

Netanyahu: Israel will only ratify nuclear ban treaty when time is right

The issue of ratification, Benjamin Netanyahu said, “is dependent on the regional context and on the right timing.”

An inflatable mushroom cloud stands among demonstrators during a rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square