IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, with the former Director of the Mossad Intelligence Agency, Maj. Gen (res.) Meir Dagan (right) in a celebratory lunch at the Rabin base in Tel Aviv. Photo: wiki commons.

Washington Post/AP – The recently retired head of the Mossad intelligence agency has said Israel must consider alternatives to a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but another expert said Friday an Israeli attack could come within months.

Ex-Mossad director Meir Dagan pointed to a need for caution after Israel’s prime minister hinted Israel might feel the need to attack. Among the alternative actions he suggested was supporting Iranian opposition groups working for regime change.

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