Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said this week Israel has “other capabilities” against threats from Iran, in a rare allusion to the country’s widely reported nuclear stockpile.
Speaking at an event to mark the new head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Lapid discussed Israel’s defensive and offensive capabilities, as well as its “other capabilities” — an apparent reference to nuclear weapons.
“The operational arena in the invisible dome above us is built on defensive capabilities and offensive capabilities, and what the foreign media tends to call ‘other capabilities.’ These other capabilities keep us alive and will keep us alive so long as we and our children are here,” Lapid said. Israel has never formally acknowledged possession of nuclear weapons, and is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . It is widely believed to have stockpiled several hundred weapons since the 1960s.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is still in charge of the Iran file, also spoke at the event, saying “enormous resources” have been invested in combating the Iranian nuclear threat. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday even if the U.S. reaches a new agreement with Iran, Israel will still be able to strike the regime’s nuclear program.
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