![(FILES) This file picture taken on September 8, 2002 shows a partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. A Syrian officer was killed and three soldiers wounded on April 22, 2021 in strikes launched by Israel after a missile was fired towards a secretive nuclear site in the Jewish state. The air strikes were launched in the early hours after a missile was fired from Syria towards a village in the vicinity of the Dimona nuclear site. / AFP / Thomas COEX](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PTW7USB7L56Y4PX335YFLY6ZIQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=666b6152e51bc9b0e241c86ed991b5f5c5d8b643478175fb1420f1f5a6b75a4c&width=400&height=225)
File photo: A partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. AFP
File photo: A partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. AFP
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22 April, 2021