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Israel increases nuclear stockpile ahead of annexation plans, arms watchdog reports
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

ISRAEL has allegedly increased its nuclear weapons stockpile by adding an additional 10 warheads to its arsenal, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri).

The global arms watchdog released a file showing that Tel Aviv has 90 nuclear missiles this year, up from the 80 it was believed to have held in 2019.

But Sipri warned that the secretive nature of the Israeli nuclear programme meant that the true figure was likely to be higher.

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