Intelligence

How deeply are Israel's Mossad spymasters involved in Iran protest crisis? - analysis

When it comes to the spy agency and Iran, there is always far more than meets the eye.

Protestors burn images of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally held in Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organised by The national Council of Resistance of Iran, on Whitehall in central London on January 11, 2026.
 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Israel nearly struck Iran twice in recent weeks, former IDF intelligence chief claims

 Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2025.

US envoy Tom Barrack hails new Israel, Syria agreement as 'breakthrough' - interview

Yossi Cohen is interviewed by Yonah Jeremy Bob at The Jerusalem Post conference in 2021.

Inside the mind of Yossi Cohen: A Mossad chief’s adventure into the shadows - exclusive


Unit 8200 commander resigns: 'Responsibility for 8200's part in failure rests entirely with me'

Brigadier General Yossi Sariel, Unit 8200 commander, resigned following criticism over the October 7 intelligence failure and earlier identity exposure.

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Four mid-level IDF intel. officers were set to be promoted, moved to positions of same rank instead

The four were in charge of providing intelligence information on October 7, when IDF intelligence failed to anticipate Hamas’s invasion.

Outgoing commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva speaks during a replacing ceremony held at the IDF Intelligence Command headquarters in Glilot, August 21, 2024.

US cyber firm blocks Iran reconnaissance efforts to reveal Israel's intel collaborators

Similar operations were used in Arabic to target those affiliated with Syria and Hezbollah intelligence and security agencies. 

 Posts by @MiladAzadihr, a Twitter profile promoting the fake recruitment website topwor4u[.]com in an effort to gather intelligence on possible collaborators of Iran's adversaries, August 28, 2024.

Intel. chief in retirement speech: I will have Oct. 7 on my conscience for rest of my life

The incoming head of the intelligence directorate urged an investigation into the failures of October 7.

Outgoing commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva speaks during a replacing ceremony held at the IDF Intelligence Command headquarters in Glilot, August 21, 2024.

A phone call led Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr to his death, says Hezbollah official - WSJ

The call that urged Shukr to move to the seventh floor likely came from an individual who had infiltrated Hezbollah’s communications network.

 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up posters of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike, as they attend a rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen August 9, 2024.

Defense, intelligence heads meet with air force pilots, intelligence soldiers over Iran crisis

Both visits by the Defense Minister and the Head of the Intelligence Directorate come amid continuous tensions between Israel, Iran, and Iran's proxy militias.

 Major General Aharon Haliva briefed by soldiers of the Intelligence Directorate, August 6, 2024.

Drama in Israel's defense establishment and the spy satellite array amid war - exclusive

The IDF's oldest spy satellite recently went out of service after 22 years and burned up in the atmosphere. Ofek-5, launched on May 28, 2002, was one of Israel's first operational imaging satellites.

 The Defense Ministry and the Aerospace Industry successfully launched the Ofek 13 satellite into space, March 29, 2023.

A look into Israel's spy tactics in Lebanon, and how it is killing terrorists one by one

To guard against Israeli spying, Hezbollah has taken many precautions with Lebanon's residents, as well as members of its organization.

 Israeli drone.

Underground tunnels and Humanitarian zones: IDF's recovery of Gaza hostage bodies

Recent intelligence revealed new details about the raid in Khan Yunis that retrieved the bodies of five hostages, located in underground tunnels.

 The area the five hostage bodies were found.

IDF probe leak: Success blocking Hamas 2021 invasion blinded IDF to Oct. 7 danger

Leaks about IDF probes into the October 7 Hamas invasion failure reveal that overconfidence from successfully blocking smaller invasions in May 2021 contributed to the misjudgment.

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. July 24, 2024.