Israel is expanding and upgrading the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona , according to an in-depth report.

The Associated Press report released on Wednesday said construction of a new, large building has intensified at the core site of Israel’s nuclear program, which foreign reports have long claimed is tied to a nuclear weapons program.

The assessment is based on satellite images analyzed by nuclear experts, who said the project could be a new reactor or a facility for assembling nuclear weapons. The secrecy surrounding Israel’s program makes it impossible to determine with certainty.

“The work at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near the city of Dimona will renew questions about Israel’s widely held status as the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed nation,” the

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