Israel's Mossad intelligence service has been known for a series of kidnappings and assassinations, which has left many Arab countries fearful for nearly 70 years.
In addition to the powerful military, armed with modern military equipment, Israel also owns the famous Mossad intelligence service with secret operations, helping them maintain dominance in front of Arab rival countries as well as blocking many. threatens Israel's national security, according to Global Security.
Mossad is the Israeli national intelligence service, fully named HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim (Intelligence and Special Operations). It is one of Tel Aviv's key intelligence organizations, in addition to the Army Intelligence Service (Aman) and Shin Bet.
This body was established on December 13, 1949 as the Central Coordinating Council under the proposal of former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Mr. Ben-Gurion wants to establish this organization to coordinate activities and strengthen cooperation between Aman and Shin Bet. By March 1951, the Mossad was reorganized, becoming an independent intelligence agency, in which the Mossad director received directives and reported directly to the Israeli prime minister.
Mossad's main task is to gather intelligence, conduct secret operations and fight against terrorism. Unlike the government and military organs, the organization and power of the Mossad is not limited to the Israeli constitution. The activities of this agency are also kept completely secret, unless the failure or Tel Aviv want to send a message of deterrence to the opponent.
Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Mossad. During the height of the late 1980s, the organization had about 1,500-2,000 employees and specialists. This figure is down to 1,200 people in the early part of the 21st century.
Identity Mossad directors are often classified as Israeli national secrets and not widely publicized. However, the tradition ended in March 1996 when the Israeli government announced the appointment of Gen. Danny Yatom to the post. The current Mossad chief is Yossi Cohen, an intelligence officer with 30 years of experience in the force.
The Mossad is divided into eight divisions, some of which are kept intact. The largest of these is the Tsmt, responsible for carrying out sabotage campaigns abroad, with a dense network of diplomats and diplomats. Tsomet is divided into several departments in different geographical areas. Since 2000, the Mossad has consistently launched a recruiting campaign to gather intelligence for this unit.
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Mossad (center) was arrested by Polish security forces. Photo: Haaretz.
In 68 years of operation, the Mossad has carried out many abduction and assassination campaigns. In 1960, Mossad became famous for kidnapping Adolph Eichmann, a German Nazi war criminal when he was hiding in Argentina.
By 1986, this force had captured Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear engineer who had revealed information about Israel's nuclear weapons program to a British newspaper.
In the 1970s, the Mossad assassination program spread the word of terror in the Arab world. Following the assassination of a series of Arabs linked to the Black September terrorist organization, the Mossad inflicted a heavy blow on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in April 1988 in the assassination of a senior leader. High PLO Abu Jihad.
In this campaign, a group of Mossad assassins broke into a carefully guarded building in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, to assassinate Abu Jihad, deputy leader of Yasser Arafat, who is also behind the scenes. PLO's Israeli offensive.
Less than two years later, Mossad assassinated Gerald Bull, a Canadian scientist responsible for developing Iraq's "Super Cannon" project. Bull's death marks the end of Saddam Hussein's ambitious possession of heavy artillery. During the period from 1992 to 2016, the Mossad is believed to have carried out at least seven assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah officials, armed groups that Israel viewed as enemies.
However, this force also suffered some setbacks, most notably the mistaken assassination of Ahmed Bouchikhi, a Moroccan waiter in Norway on July 21, 1973. Agent Mossad mistook Bouchikhi with Ali Hassan Salameh, chief of the Black September organization.
The mistaken assassination led to the entire group of agents being detained and convicted, revealing the entire network of Mossad spy networks and infrastructure in Europe, as well as damaging the reputation of the agency. .
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