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After a 15-year gag order, the case against Israel's Shin Bet service has come to light due to a petition by Haaretz. The security agencies accused the ex-Mossad man of taking part in espionage against Israel

■ Israeli cease-fire negotiations delegation to depart to Cairo on Saturday night or Sunday ■ IDF says it destroyed launchers that fired recent barrages to Gaza border communities in airstrike ■ Russia withdrew arms shipment to Yemen's Houthis after U.S. and Saudi pressure ■ U.S. defense secretary orders navy cruisers and destroyers to Middle East region ■ Pentagon tells Israel it will adjust U.S. troops in Middle East ■ Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant bombs in building where Hamas' Haniyeh was staying

  Several Turkish media outlets have embarrassed themselves by publishing the purported identity of a Mossad agent allegedly responsible for assassinating Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh this week. The story, based on information claimed to be from anonymous online sources, quickly unraveled as it became apparent the "agent" was a fictional character created by […]

Led by Mossad chief David Barnea, Israel will seek the return of remaining hostages within an agreed-upon framework, despite strong opposition from some cabinet members. U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the news in a phone call with Netanyahu on Thursday

Oded Ilam, a former senior Mossad official, recently addressed Biden's failure in the confrontation against Trump and the growing fear of war with Hezbollah.

The Islamic Republic used criminals in Europe to strike at targets associated with Israel, according to the Mossad. Two grenades were thrown at the Israeli Embassy in Belgium and shots were fired at the Israeli Embassy in Sweden

This week's report in The Guardian revealed how then-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen tried to disrupt an investigation by then-International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda ■ In 2022, Haaretz was about to publish details of the affair, but security officials thwarted it ■ The revelations could not have come at a worse time for Israel

  Yossi Cohen, the former director of Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence service, allegedly issued threats to a chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a series of clandestine meetings several years ago in order to torpedo its investigation against Israel. According to The Guardian newspaper, Cohen's covert contacts aimed to pressure Fatou Bensouda […]

A Turkish court in January ordered the arrest of 15 people and the deportation of eight others suspected of having links to Mossad and targeting Palestinians living in Turkey.

In a social media post, MK Tally Gotliv claimed that the U.S. intercepted a call between Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and an Israeli opponent of the government, and that the Mossad had summoned the opponent to a meeting

After Iran claims it destroyed a 'Mossad espionage headquarters' in Erbil, the U.S. and France condemn the attack as a 'reckless' and 'worrying violation' of the sovereignty of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan

  Zvi Zamir, head of the Mossad during the Yom Kippur War and 1972 Munich Olympics, passed away Tuesday at age 98. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Zamir, born Zvicka Zarzevsky in Poland in March 1925, immigrated to Israel as a child. He served in the Palmach paramilitary forces in the pre-state […]

  Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being "saboteurs" with links to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated with the judiciary said. The executions took to five the number of people put to death this month in a decades-long shadow war that has seen Iran accuse Israel […]

Israel's war cabinet will convene on Saturday to discuss the continuation of contacts, but informed sources suggest that Israel and Hamas are still far from crafting a new deal. According to reports, the Mossad head might also meet with senior officials from Egypt

Iranian state media said the unidentified man was linked to foreign intelligence services, including Mossad, and charged with involvement in releasing classified information

  Israel's spy agency Mossad worked with Brazilian security services and other international agencies to foil an attack in Brazil planned by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram It said the cell was operated by Hezbollah to carry out an […]

In television studios and negotiations with Qatar, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen has been encouraging the impression that he has received some official, secret role in the efforts to free Israelis in Gaza, annoying the current Mossad chief and betraying the Netanyahu family’s loyalty code