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What do we know about Israel's own nuclear weapons?
18 June 2025 14:37 BST
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran had breached its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It was a development that Tehran strongly condemned, and claimed provided a pretext for Israel's surprise assault.
But what do we know about Israel's own nuclear weapons?
Unlike Iran, Israel has not signed the NPT, and is one of only five countries not to be party to the 1968 treaty. This means that the IAEA has no way to monitor or verify Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Little is known about Israel’s nuclear programme, which it has a policy of neither confirming nor denying.
However, declassified documents, investigative research and whistleblower revelations from the 1980s have pointed to what it has.
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