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Two senior Mossad officials, Barnea's deputy and another high-ranking figure, are vying for the post. Netanyahu may also choose an external candidate, such as his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman. Barnea is slated to end his five-year term in June

The libel suit stems from an interview given earlier this year by former Mossad official Udi Levi, in which he claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received money from Qatar

A former Syrian official who once worked as a double agent for the Mossad has been charged in Austria with torture during the 2011 Arab Spring protests, The New York Times reported. The official reportedly fled to Europe in 2013 and was ultimately smuggled into Vienna with Israel's help

The arrest of the men follows a string of Mossad operations across Europe in recent weeks, exposing other terror cells suspected of planning to harm Israelis and Jews across the continent.

The security service said that the arrests were made possible by 'close cooperation between the Mossad and German intelligence.' Hamas denied links to any of the detainees, saying the allegations were 'baseless'

The conspiracy theory that Epstein was a Mossad agent has gained traction amid frustration over Trump's failure to release information he promised about Epstein. Bennett said figures like Carlson 'just make things up' that 'stick, because it's Israel'

Marking 60 years since Eli Cohen's execution, the Mossad says recordings, photos, and documents from his mission and interrogation have been brought to Israel – including images with senior Syrian officials, secret instructions, and personal letters

Lesley Stahl's explosive interviews with former Mossad agents increase tensions within Israel's defense establishment

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 […]