JERUSALEM: Israel had a secret plan to detonate an atomic bomb in Egypt in the event that it faced defeat during the 1967 Middle East war , a leading American think tank said, citing newly released documents.The operation was never carried out, as Israel swiftly vanquished its enemies in six days. There, the semi-assembled "spider" device was to be connected with its nuclear core and linked to ignition wires. You believe him," Yaakov said, according to a transcription of his taped interview with Cohen. But deputy minister Michael Oren, a former ambassador to the United States and a historian who has written extensively about the 1967 war, said he was convinced it never happened. Cohen said he promised Yaakov he would publish his story at some point and said the 50th anniversary of the 1967 war this week seemed the appropriate time.

Source: Times of India June 05, 2017 15:38 UTC