Outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel's chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, to launch a strike on Tehran, and Zamir refused, according to Israeli Channel 12 as relayed by the outlet Zoom News.
The report says Zamir considers entering a war now inappropriate.
This goes further than the Times of Israel account published earlier. That account, which cites anonymous sources, said only that Zamir had again warned Netanyahu was advancing ill-advised action against Iran. It did not describe a direct request for a strike or an outright refusal.
Zoom News also reports that Netanyahu called for regime change in Iran in a speech to the Knesset. The outlet dates that speech to 11 November, but it took place on 10 November.
The Channel 12 report has not been confirmed by either man or by the Israeli military, and has not been independently checked.