Mossad

Gofman rejects A-G’s classified update in High Court Mossad appointment case

Gofman’s lawyer, Ohad Shalem, argued that the A-G's office repeatedly claimed to hold classified documents while, according to Gofman, those materials contained nothing relevant to the petitions.

Incoming Mossad director Roman Gofman arrives to a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 5, 2026
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, May 10, 2026.

IDF Chief of Staff Zamir visited UAE during Op. Roaring Lion, sources confirm

Incoming Mossad director Roman Gofman arrives to a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 5, 2026

Editor's Notes: The Mossad has always been led by outsiders - comment

Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

Mossad appointment case: A-G to submit classified material not presented at hearing


Hezbollah faces major US-led confrontation, terror leader Naim Qassam claims to wounded terrorists

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem warned of a major US-led confrontation, citing Israel and what he called Zionist aggression, while addressing wounded fighters and praising Iran's Khamenei.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.

German police arrest Lebanese Hamas terror suspect linked with planning attacks on Jews, Israelis

German authorities arrested a 36-year-old Lebanese man at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, accused of supplying weapons and ammunition for Hamas-linked terror plots targeting Jewish and Israeli sites.

An illustrative silhouette of a rifle over a background of the Hamas flag.

Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later

This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and met their deaths at sea.

Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.

'Last plane to leave Tehran': Mossad's final Iran chief Eliezer Tsafrir dies at 92

Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional intelligence efforts.

 Eliezer "Geizi" Tzafrir, former Mossad chief for Iraqi Kurdistan and last before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, poses for a Maariv interview back in 2022.

Iran escalates regional response to protests with strike on Kurdish forces - report

Video and photos from the site of the attack show the destruction of vehicles and other debris from the incident.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with PAK train on January 18, 2026 near Erbil, Iraq.

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke

Grunis heads the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which in recent days has been examining the appointment of Roman Gofman as the incoming Mossad director. 

Former president of Supreme Court Asher Grunis speaks during a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on July 2, 2018.

Trump 'greatly respects' Iran's cancellation of scheduled hangings, gives thanks

Trump and Netanyahu reportedly spoke by phone Thursday evening to discuss the situation in Iran.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026

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.

Iran-linked hacker group claims to have hacked, surveiled senior Mossad agent

Handala, an Iran-linked hacker group previously responsible for hacking the devices of Israeli officials, threatened that it would release a "shock" of information regarding Mossad.

Laptop and source code on the screen composing flag of Iran.

Iran protests: Death toll hits 36, Islamic Republic executes man accused of spying for Israel

Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.

Abdanan, Iran. January 6, 2025.