Dayan refused to approve Elazar's recommendation that the IDF engage in a pre-emptive air strike, planned for 11:00 a.m. on Yom Kippur (the airforce was ready for the strike, but its jets never took off).
Dayan afviste at godkende Elazars anbefaling af at luftvåbenet skulle gennemføre et forebyggende luftangreb, der var planlagt til kl. 11 på Yom Kippur (luftvåbenet var klar til at gennemføre angrebet, men flyene kom aldrig i luften).