Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekarar 1981, Isra'ila ta aiwatar da Operation Opera a Ba'athist Iraq, inda Sojojin Sama na Isra'ila suka yi ruwan bama-bamai kuma suka yi nasarar lalata wani matattarar nukiliya na Iraqi wanda ake ginawa a Cibiyar Binciken Nukiliya ta Tuwaitha kusa da Bagadaza; Iran ta kai wa matattarar hari kuma ta lalata ta a wani bangare a lokacin aikinta na Scorch Sword, wanda aka aiwatar da shi shekara guda kafin harin Isra'ila a yayin yakin Iran-Iraq. A lokacin Yakin Gulf na 1990-1991, Iraki ta gudanar da yakin basasa a kan Isra'ila daga cikin
Kuwait da Iraqi ta mamaye, inda ta kaddamar da makamai masu linzami na Scud 42 (wanda aka sanya Al-Hussein) a kan biranen Isra'ila tare da manufar dabarun tayar da Isra'ila don kaddamar da hare-haren ramuwar gayya da kuma yiwuwar kawo hadari ga hadin gwiwar da Amurka ta kafa a kan Iraqi, wanda ke da cikakken goyon baya da kuma bayar da gudummawa mai yawa daga wasu kasashen da suka fi yawan musulmi; Isra'ila ba ta amsa hare-haren makamai masu linzami na Iraqi ba saboda matsin lamba na Amurka, kuma Iraki ta kasa tattara goyon baya ga mamayar ta Kuwait.