What the records say
- When
- 6 Sep 2007
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 35.71° N, 39.83° E
- Description
- 2007 military operation
Operation Outside the Box
2007 Israeli airstrike on a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor
Operation Outside the Box, also known as Operation Orchard, was an Israeli airstrike on a confirmed nuclear reactor under construction, referred to as the Al Kibar site, in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria, which occurred just after midnight on 6 September 2007.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Orchard – during the operation, Israel bombed what was believed to be a Syrian nuclear reactor on September 6, 2007, which was thought to be built…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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