KGB files reportedly revealed the existence of an extensive Soviet spy ring in Israel, encompassing Knesset members, senior IDF officers, engineers, members of the Israeli intelligence community, and others who worked on classified projects.
It’s always interesting to guess which of Israel’s enemies is going to be the next target for the Mossad, but an interesting position has been added to the Careers section Mossad’s website which only raises curiosity.
On Israel’s 68th Independence Day the Mossad announced a “help wanted” advertisement in a creative way.
An Israeli conman posed as a member of the Mossad to swipe $5 million from lawyer escrow accounts — and then used some of the dough to rent a pad for his mistress, authorities said Monday.
Intelligence agencies have been in the news a lot for the past few years thanks to the Snowden leaks, but also the recent wave of terrorist threats and attacks that hit various targets in the U.S., Europe, and other regions of the world.
President Reuven Rivlin’s office refused to confirm or deny a report that appeared in Yediot Aharonot on Wednesday to the effect that while in Russia last month, Rivlin asked President Vladimir Putin to use his influence with Syria in order to return the remains of master spy Eli Cohen to Israel.
A high-profile Internet hacker has found an interesting way to deal with hostile attacks aimed at getting his own website to crash. He deflected the attack to the Israeli espionage agency, the Mossad, saying that it would know how to deal with it.
Help can come from the unlikeliest of places, particularly when spies and assassinations are involved.
Former Mossad Director Meir Dagan passed away on Thursday, following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 71 years old.
During May 2000, the IDF’s Military Intelligence branch obtained reports and photographs from observation points and aerial patrols which proved that senior Hezbollah officials were coming from their Beirut headquarters to tour south Lebanon.