 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1981, Israel yakaita Operation Opera muBaathist Iraq, umo Mauto Emuchadenga eIsrael akapfura uye akabudirira kuparadza reactor yenyukireya yeIraq yaive ichivakwa kuTuwaitha Nuclear Research Center padyo neBaghdad; reactor yakanga yarwiswa uye yakakuvadzwa neIran panguva yeOperation Scorch Sword yayo, iyo yakaitwa gore risati rasvika kurwisa kweIsrael pakati peIran-Iraq Hondo. Mukati me1990-1991 Gulf WarIraq yakaita mushandirapamwe wemaroketi kurwisa Israeri kubva mukati meKuwait yaigarwa neIraq, umo yakakanda maroketi eScud akashandurwa makumi mana nemaviri akatumidzwa kuti Al-Hussein pamaguta eIsrael nechinangwa chehurongwa chekukonzera Israel kuti itange kurwisa kwekutsiva uye nekukanganisa mubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda wakaumbwa neUnited States kurwisa Iraq, iyo yaive nerutsigiro ruzere uye mipiro yakakura kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzevaMuslim; Israel haina kupindura kurwisa kwemaroketi eIraq nekuda kwekumanikidza kweAmerica, uye Iraq yakatadza kuunganidza rutsigiro rwekugara kwayo kweKuwait. 