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The first attempt to acquire the aircraft was conducted in Egypt by Mossad agent Jean Thomas. Thomas and his group were ordered to find a pilot, who for $1,000,000 would agree to fly the plane to Israel. However, their first attempt was unsuccessful.
A Syrian opposition group said the target was a convoy of chemical weapons en route to Hezbollah. [36] January 2017 Israeli airstrike (12 January 2017) – Another alleged Israeli airstrike against the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus, targeting an ammunition depot. [37]
[38] In addition, five non-Israeli hostages – two ultra-orthodox Jewish couples [24] from the US and Belgium [8] and a French resident of Israel – were forced to join the Israeli group. [35] According to Monique Epstein Khalepski, the French hostage among the five, the captors had singled them out for questioning and suspected them of ...
Mossad agents also began to follow Mohammad Boudia, the Algerian-born director of operations for Black September in France, who was known for his disguises and womanising. On June 28, 1973, Boudia was killed in Paris by a pressure-activated bomb packed with heavy nuts and bolts placed under his car seat.
Have Doughnut was the name of a Defense Intelligence Agency project whose purpose was to evaluate and exploit a MiG-21 "Fishbed-E" that the United States Air Force acquired in 1967 from Israel. Israel acquired the aircraft as the result of its Operation Diamond when, on August 16, 1966, Iraqi Air Force pilot Capt. Munir Redfa, in a defection ...
Killed when his Mercedes was struck by 5 missiles launched from an Israeli aircraft. [150] October 27, 2005 Jabalia Camp Gaza Strip: Shadi Mehana/Shadi Muhana (25) PIJ: Airstrike hitting car with four Palestinian militants north of Gaza City. Three civilians were also killed, including a 15-year-old boy (Rami Asef) and a 60-year-old man.
The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, romanized: ha-Mosád le-Modiʿín u-le-Tafkidím Meyuḥadím), popularly known as Mossad [a] (UK: / ˈ m ɒ s æ d / MOSS-ad; US: / m oʊ ˈ s ɑː d / moh-SAHD), is the national intelligence agency of the State of Israel.
List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force: Fixed wing combat types. Designation Entered Service Left Service Hebrew designation Avia S-199: 1948: 1950: Sakin (Knife ...