Netanyahu ordered Iran strike in 2010

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in 2010 ordered the army to prepare an attack against Iranian nuclear installations, though the order was later rescinded, Israeli television said on Sunday.
According to private television Channel 2, the order was not implemented due to opposition from the army chief at the time, Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, and from then Mossad chief Meir Dagan.
At a meeting of top ministers, Netanyahu decided to order the elevation of the army’s preparedness level to “P plus,” a code meaning the armed forces must be ready to take action.
But Dagan opposed the move, Channel 2 reported, noting that a decision to launch a war against Iran could be taken only by the security cabinet comprising around 15 ministers.
Ashkenazi also feared that raising the alert level risked “creating new facts on the ground.”
Barak told Channel 2 that Ashkenazi had told Netanyahu the Israeli army was not ready and did not have the operational means to bring an attack against Iran. According to Barak, the decision to raise the level of alert “did not necessarily mean war.” In any case, the plan to attack was eventually dropped.