Mossad

Mossad is Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, responsible for intelligence gathering, covert operations, and counterterrorism abroad.

Human intelligence: Intelligence gathered from people, including recruited sources and interviews. Mossad relies on people and access to collect information unavailable through technical surveillance.
Operation Finale: The 1960 Israeli operation that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to trial in Israel. The capture became one of Mossad’s best-known operations.
Meir Dagan: Director of Mossad from 2002 to 2011, known for expanding operations against Iran’s nuclear program. His tenure shaped the agency’s public association with covert action against Iran.
Shin Bet: Israel’s domestic security service, responsible for internal security and counterterrorism. Unlike Mossad, Shin Bet primarily operates within Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Covert operation: An operation designed to conceal the sponsor’s role or make that role deniable. Covert operations are one of Mossad’s stated responsibilities beyond intelligence collection.
Operation Wrath of God: The Israeli campaign targeting people linked to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. It illustrates the agency’s role in covert retaliation against overseas targets.
Yossi Cohen: Director of Mossad from 2016 to 2021, after serving as national security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu. His leadership coincided with the Iran archive operation and growing public visibility.
Aman: The intelligence directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, focused on military intelligence. Aman serves military command, while Mossad is a civilian foreign intelligence agency.
Counterintelligence: Activities that detect, prevent, or exploit espionage and other intelligence threats. Protecting sources and operations from hostile services is essential to clandestine work.
Operation Entebbe: The 1976 Israeli military rescue of hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Mossad intelligence helped inform a military operation often associated with Israeli counterterrorism.

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