Israel is readying for possible military attacks on Iran after December, according to an unconfirmed report Thursday in the French magazine Le Canard Enchainé which was quoted by Voice of Israel government radio. Israel ordered combat rations from a French food manufacturer for soldiers serving in elite units and asked reservists from these units staying abroad to return to Israel, said the report.
In a recent visit to France, said the magazine, IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told his French counterpart Jean-Louis Georgelin that Israel is not planning to bomb Iran, but may send elite troops to conduct activities on the ground which may include sabotage to nuclear facilities or assassinations of top Iranian nuclear scientists.