According to foreign reports, the submarines can deliver nuclear weapons and are part of a triad of nuclear deterrence that Israel possesses, along with land-based and air-based weapons. ^[1] The IDF and the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday night that the final of six submarines manufactured by Germany under a long-ago signed deal is on its way to Israel. ^[2] Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted in a new book that Israeli forces assassinated Muhammad Suleiman, a senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in 2008. ^[3] Israeli Navy Chief V.-Adm. Eyal Harel and German Naval Chief Jan Christian Kaack, along with other top officials, attended a send-off ceremony for the submarine earlier this week. ^[4] The IDF has used submarines for operations against Iran, Yemen, and Syria during the Israel-Hamas War, including assisting with defense against aerial threats. ^[5] A UN report released on Tuesday confirmed that Assad's government had been overseeing construction of a nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor. ^[6] Muhammad Suleiman was a senior aide to Bashar al-Assad who oversaw the construction and security of the Syrian nuclear facility in Deir Ezzor. ^[7] Olmert described the assassination as occurring when soldiers approached Suleiman on a balcony in Deir Ezzor at night and fired three bullets into the back of his head. ^[8]