Intelligence

Ex-top Mossad official: Barnea led agency to unprecedented operational reach - interview

Former senior Mossad official Ilan Rom says Barnea’s leadership expanded the agency’s capabilities, allowing dozens of operations at once and boosting Israel’s regional influence.

Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024.
United States President Donald Trump pictured next to Former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton.

John Bolton expected to plead guilty over mishandling classified documents

Brig.-Gen. Meni Liberty, Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, and Brig.-Gen. A.

IDF Intelligence Operations chief calls out Oct. 7 failures, says division must 'fulfill mission'

Incoming 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.

High Court approves new Mossad chief Gofman, to begin role Tuesday


Former spy says Mossad likely sought to preserve Qatar mediation channel

'A,' a former Mossad official, stated that "If there was an objection [from the Mossad], then it would arise from its duty to be in all the places the official State of Israel cannot be."

Mossad chief David Barnea seen during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 5, 2024

Classified bunkers and greenlighting airstrikes: How Israel killed Houthi leaders in Sanaa - KAN

Approximately 200 soldiers and officers from various IDF intelligence branches, including Units 8200, 9900, and 504, gathered in a classified bunker to collect intelligence on the Houthis.

Honor guard hold photos of Prime Minister of Yemen's Houthi-led government Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Rahwi and other Houthi government officials killed in an Israeli strike, during a funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen September 1, 2025.

Aharon Haliva’s ‘brothel’ remark: A symbol of Israel’s security failure - opinion

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Aharon Haliva’s ‘brothel’ remark reflects the deep failures in Israel’s security system, eroding public trust and highlighting the need for accountability.

THEN-IDF CHIEF OF STAFF Herzi Halevi embraces Aharon Haliva, outgoing head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, at a ceremony where Haliva stepped down last year. The public demands to know how the October 7 disaster could have happened, says the writer.

Intelligence subterfuge: Israel's ruse against the Houthis before the IDF strike on Sanaa

According to IDF sources, Israel lulled the Houthi leaders into a false sense of security, making them think the Jewish state lacked credible intelligence on their location.

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, August 24, 2025 (illustrative).

Head of Pentagon's intelligence agency fired, lawmaker says

The move is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to penalize current and former military, intelligence and law enforcement officials whose views have been at odds with Trump.

U.S. Air Force Lt. General and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Jeffrey Kruse attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025.

Mother of missing US journalist Austin Tice says new intel. may help locate him

Debra Tice said the documents show that US agencies received near-daily reports about her son’s condition and captivity in the years following his 2012 disappearance outside Damascus.

 Marc and Debra Tice, parents of US journalist Austin Tice, talk during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018.

Elbit Systems awarded $1.6b. European defense contract over five-year period

The contract includes both tactical long-range artillery-rocket systems and drones, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance electronic warfare systems.

Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is displayed during the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore February 21, 2024.

UK man convicted of offering minister's information to Russian intelligence

Howard Phillips offered Shapps' home address and phone number to two people he believed were Russian agents.

 Howard Phillips.

The Feuerstein Method: An educational model prepared for the AI era - opinion

The Feuerstein Method teaches meta-cognition, training people to control their thinking processes.

 Artificial intelligence (illustrative)

The women shaping Israel's front line strategy against Iran: Inside the IDF's war bunker

From Yemen to Tehran, these lieutenant-colonels lead critical operations while balancing family life and military duty.

 IDF's women Operational Hummer Driving Instructors seen at a gas station in the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on February 8, 2024.