Unit 8200

Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison

"There was a huge mess and oversight with the medications that nobody noticed," Eiges said. "He had a million pills, and everyone kept giving him more and more."

Capt. Tomer Aigas
Capt. Tomer Aigas

Capt. Tomer Eiges named as intelligence officer who died in military prison in 2021

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Former IDF officer says key to AI is still 'person behind the algorithm' at Cybertech conference

DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation


The roots of the October 7 failure are far deeper than Israeli intelligence

How should defense issues be fixed, and how much is the highly regarded Unit 8200 to blame for the failures leading up to the October 7 massacre?

 An IDF soldier holding a gun is silhouetted on the national flag.

Who is to blame for October 7 massacre? A guide for the perplexed

The latest leaks that came out about Unit 8200 talked about an internal IDF report which mostly exonerated Unit 8200’s current commander “Y” from any special fault.

Lt.-Col. Dori Saar during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

IDF official warned of fatal intel. failures right before Oct. 7 massacre

IDF intelligence unit commander's Yom Kippur message on maintaining military readiness, two weeks before the country's largest intelligence failure on October 7, is haunting in retrospect.

 8200 Unit

Inside Unit 8200: Moving forward after the October 7 intelligence failure

The IDF's main intelligence unit was shocked on Oct. 7. Two commanders recall events on Oct. 8.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

How a new Israeli friend showed me the power of language - opinion

The truth is that “hate” is unsustainable, in any language.

 THE WRITER conducts a Zoom session with ‘Sophie.’

IDF elite intel officer warned about Hamas attacks, ignored - report

This is the response they received from him: "I don't want to hear about this nonsense again. If you bother me with these things again, you will stand trial."

 Soldiers of the operational Unit 8200 training in an undated photo.

8200 Impact program to focus on accessibility, inclusion 

The program has supported 'impact-tech' for almost a decade

 A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israel received critical Iran intel from IDF soldier's 15-year side project

SWO (res.) E. began monitoring Iranian communications in the 1960s, back when they were still an ally.

 IDF SWO (res.) E. is seen meeting with senior military officials to discuss Iran in this undated photo.

If key IDF reservists not ready for war – how bad could striking be? - analysis

There is no question that at least some of the nightmare scenarios of reservists striking due to judicial reform could be catastrophic for the IDF.

Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.

Ex-IDF intel. officials break new cybersecurity ground in bid to transform the cloud

A new company led by an ex-chief of IDF intelligence Unit 8200 aims to make the cloud defendable against cyberattacks.

Keep your head in the cloud