Mossad

No. 3: David Barnea: Mossad chief revitalizing the Israeli intelligence network

The Mossad was active for at least three years to develop technological capabilities connected to specific operations, which no one else can do, including other Israeli defense agencies.

Mossad director David Barnea.
Yossi Cohen

Through Grief and Hope: Why Israel’s Widows and Orphans Must Never Stand Alone

Former Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen attends a Menorah lighting ceremony on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, at the great synagogue in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2024.

'Mossad had no part in Charlie Kirk assassination,' former agency director Yossi Cohen clarifies

Oded Ailam, Former director of the counter terrorism center of the Mossad, Researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA).

Ex-Mossad counterterror chief slams Qatar’s support for Hamas at Jerusalem Post conference


Revenge or sabotage: What was Israel's real motive in attacking Doha? - opinion

Hamas feels it is winning the global war of public opinion. It sees Israel flirting with pariah status and under intense pressure and criticism from friends and allies, including many US Jews.

SMOKE RISES after the blasts from the Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.

Qatar 'conquered the West,' aims to restore Islamic empire, ex-Mossad division head claims

"Conquest does not necessarily mean taking over territory; conquest is also the ability to paralyze your enemy’s decision-making processes," Dr. Udi Levy said.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar,  September 16, 2025.

Iran executes ninth man in recent months accused of spying for Israel

Iran has put to death many individuals it accuses of having links with Israel's Mossad.

A noose is pictured as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organisation", in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

IDF tank entry, aerial assaults reported in N. Gaza, Hostage families protest outside PM residence

'Additional confrontations with Iran are inevitable,' Defense Ministry D-G Baram says • Netanyahu informed Trump before Israel bombed Qatar • Netanyahu says Qatar leading isolation efforts

File photo: Israeli forces operate at night.

Dozens of Mossad women penetrated Iran during 12-Day War- exclusive

The Mossad is poised to intervene if Tehran seems to be trying to use its uranium to move again in the direction of a nuclear weapon.

 A woman's shadow is seen over the Mossad logo (illustrative)

Israel's strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar backfired, now an image of failure - opinion

Netanyahu is responsible for this loss. Since he is not foolish, he may have understood that he needed to aim for a “victory picture” and built the Qatar strike as that image.

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025.

Mossad scraps plan to kill Hamas members in Qatar out of fear for hostages, WaPo reveals

The security agency's reservations on targeting terror officials in Doha likely influenced the operation to be airstrikes from fighter jets instead, as opposed to on the ground.

Mossad logo and Israel flag are seen in this illustration taken May 6, 2025

Former spy says Mossad likely sought to preserve Qatar mediation channel

'A,' a former Mossad official, stated that "If there was an objection [from the Mossad], then it would arise from its duty to be in all the places the official State of Israel cannot be."

Mossad chief David Barnea seen during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 5, 2024

Ex-Shin Bet chief named in connection to kidnapping of German millionaire's children - report

According to the report, Peri's mission was to assemble the team of kidnappers, which consisted of eight people - most of them Israelis with a security background.

Yaakov Peri attends Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Israeli parliament on January 15, 2018.

Netanyahu's coalition weakens as Bennett's party gains momentum - poll

The poll also found that over a third of Israelis supported a proposal by Nathan Eshel to hold elections with two ballots, one for the prime minister and one for Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

Netanyahu calls for secret meeting to discuss Palestinian evacuation from Gaza - report

The Mossad was reportedly tasked with figuring out which countries would be willing to accept the evacuated Palestinians, so that future diplomatic avenues could be explored.

Displaced Palestinians seen near their tents near the sea in Gaza City, September 2, 2025.