Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1981, Israel yakaita Operation Opera muBa'athist 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. Munguva ye1990-1991 Gulf War, Iraq yakaita mushandirapamwe wemaroketi kurwisa Israeri kubva mukati meKuwait yakatorwa neIraq
, iyo yakatanga 42 yakagadziridzwa Scud missiles (yakasarudzwa Al-Hussein) pamaguta eIsrael nechinangwa chechirongwa chekukonzera Israeri kuti itange kurwisa kwekudzorera uye zvichida kuisa pangozi mubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda wakaumbwa neUnited States kurwisa Iraq, iyo yakanga iine rutsigiro rwakakwana uye mipiro yakawanda kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzevaMuslim; Israeri haina kupindura kurwisa kwemasasa eIraq nekuda kwekumanikidza kweAmerica, uye Iraq yakakundikana kuunganidza rutsigiro rwekugara kwayo kweKuwait.