Testimonio directo de un protagonista del ataque israelí al reactor atómico de Irak

Se cumplen 41 años de aquel operativo.

Zeev Raz, piloto de combate, en su servicio militar

La historia no está sólo en los libros. Entre nosotros viven aún protagonistas que la forjaron. Uno de ellos es el Coronel (reserva) Zeev Raz, piloto de combate de la Fuerza Aérea de Israel, que el 7 de junio de 1981 encabezó la formación de los F-16 que atacó y logró destruir el reactor atómico “Osirak” del entonces dictador irakí Saddam Hussein, en el así llamado “Operativo Ópera”.

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PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin holds a special press conference to announce the Osirak reactor bombing, June 9, 1981. Also present: Uri Porat, PM media adviser (L) and IDF Chief of Staff Rafael ‘Raful’ Eitan (R).

(photo credit: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL)

On June 9, 1981, after the bombing of the Osirak reactor in Iraq, prime minister Menachem Begin convened a press conference to address the world.

Two days earlier, Israel had surprised the world, sending a formation of F-16 fighter jets to Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s prized nuclear reactor, named Osirak. The Americans were upset and in about 10 days they would vote in favor of UN Security Council Resolution 487, condemning Israel’s unilateral strike.