I’m pretty skeptical about this story which is splashing all over the place. I’m not saying an Israeli tactical nuke strike on Iran is unimaginable or completely implausible, but this sounds pretty fishy to me. Also, once again we are seeing the (deliberate?) confusion of the word “plan.” Sometimes “plan” means “intend to do something” and sometimes “plan” means “make ready for the possibility.” The U.S. military is constantly making ready for this or that possibility. And when such information is released, certain folks immediately read that as the U.S. military intends to do what it is in fact merely studying. I get the sense something similar is in the works in Israel, but it’s much less sexy to talk about it that way. Also, the Israelis themselves may want to be sending the signal that they’re deadly serious, which can only be done by acting that way.

Update: It seems I was right (it does happen every now and then). See this post at Pajamas Media.