With a view toward Iran, Israel launches spy satellite
(WorldNews Iran)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said it successfully launched a new spy satellite into space on Monday as its leaders hinted it was behind a massive fire at an Iranian nuclear site last week — potentially ratcheting up a long-running covert war. If Israel was responsible for the fire at the heavily fortified Natanz facility, it would mark another in a series of daring strikes against Iran`s nuclear program attributed to Israel, while also risking Iranian retaliation on either Israeli or Western targets. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the launch of the new Ofek 16 satellite, the latest addition to a fleet deployed over the past two decades. “The success of the Ofek 16 satellite very much...