Editing Policy of deliberate ambiguity (section)

=== Israel ===
Israel is deliberately ambiguous as to whether or not [[nuclear weapons and Israel|it possesses nuclear weapons]], which its commentators term "nuclear ambiguity" or "nuclear opacity".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/books/14book.html?ref=bookreviews|title=Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous — Israel's Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy|last=Bronner|first=Ethan|date=October 13, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> It is a general consensus that Israel is in possession of nuclear weapons.<ref name="FAS">{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/|title=Nuclear weapons – Israel|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

Israel has also practiced deliberate ambiguity over the issue of [[targeted killing]]s and [[Airstrikes on hospitals in Yemen|airstrikes]]. Prior to 2017, Israel generally neither confirmed nor denied whether Israel was involved in the deaths of suspected terrorists on foreign soil.{{Reference needed|date=May 2024}} 

However, with the onset of the [[Syrian Civil War]] (and [[Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War|Israel's involvement]] against Iran and Hezbollah), exceptions to its policy became more prominent. Israel actively acknowledged that its intervention in the war has been limited to missile strikes,<ref name="https">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-official-confirms-attack-in-syria-first-strike-on-live-iranian-targets/|title=IDF official said to confirm attack in Syria: 'First strike on Iranian targets'|first=T. O. I.|last=staff|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-blamed-airstrike-syria-after-suspected-ghouta-chemical-weapon-attack-n863821|title=U.S. officials confirm Israel launched pre-dawn airstrike on Syria|website=NBC News|date=9 April 2018 }}</ref> which until 2017 were not officially acknowledged. Israel has also made rare exceptions to this policy to deny involvement in certain killings in the war.

With regard to notable targeted killings and assassination attempts, Israel has often exhibited a more nuanced approach to policies of intentional ambiguity, as demonstrated by numerous assassination attempts on [[Mohammed Deif]]. This example of 'policy opacity' demonstrates how the approach to a subject can change with time and circumstance.