Israel's military leaders do not trust the President during this crisis. Israel launches an air strike against Libya, using F-4 Phantoms and their plutonium atom bombs, and an electronic countermeasures plane, which proceeds until the French ambassador (an Israeli general warned the U.S. Embassy) warns Israel that the Soviets will launch a nuclear strike against Israel unless the strike is aborted. Begin, horrified, deduces that the US President asked the Soviets to keep Israel in line, and backs down. Menachem Begin will not vacate the West Bank settlements, as demanded by Gaddafi; the Israeli Army might even mutiny if ordered to vacate the settlements.