Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1981, Israeri yakaita Operation Opera muBa'athist Iraq, umo Israeli Air Force yakarwisa uye yakabudirira kuparadza reactor yenyukireya yeIraq yakanga ichivakwa paTuwaitha Nuclear Research Center pedyo neBaghdad; reactor yakanga yarwiswa uye yakakuvadzwa neIran panguva yeOperation Scorch Sword, iyo yakanga yaitwa gore risati rasvika kurwisa kweIsrael pakati peIran-Iraq War. Mukati meHondo yeGulf ya1990-1991, Iraq yakaita mushandirapamwe wemaroketi kurwisa Israeri kubva mukati
Kuwait yakatorwa neIraq, umo yakakanda zvombo zveScud zvakashandurwa makumi mana nezviviri (zvakasarudzwa Al-Hussein) pamaguta eIsrael nechinangwa chehurongwa chekumutsa Israeri kuti itange kurwisa kwekutsiva uye zvichida kuisa panjodzi mubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda wakaumbwa neUnited States kurwisa Iraq, iyo yaive nerutsigiro ruzere uye mipiro yakakura kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzevaMuslim; Israel haina kupindura kurwisa kwemasasa eIraq nekuda kwekumanikidza kweAmerica, uye Iraq yakatadza kuunganidza rutsigiro rwekugara kwayo kweKuwait.