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Mossad then sent a female Farsi speaking undercover Israeli agent to Tehran for a reconnaissance mission, where she would leisurely wander around the Shorabad district accompanied by a male guardian while wearing appropriate Islamic clothing and taking note of the security arrangements at the target warehouse. The agent's surveillance revealed ...
Operation Diamond [1] (Hebrew: מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, Mivtza Yahalom) was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet -built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 , the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time.
Attributed to Mossad by several sources, [35] and widely believed to be a Mossad operation by intelligence experts, [36] Gordon Thomas states it was the work of Mossad's director Nahum Admoni. [37] Israel denied involvement at the time. [36] and several other countries had interests in seeing him dead. February 16, 1992 Nabatieh Governorate Lebanon
Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre (17 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Mossad operations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Operation Damocles was a covert campaign of the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad in August 1962 which targeted German scientists and technicians, formerly employed in Nazi Germany's rocket program, who were developing rockets for Egypt at a military site known as Factory 333.
In June 2010, Iran was the victim of a cyber-attack when its nuclear facility in Natanz was infiltrated by the cyber-worm 'Stuxnet'. [22] Reportedly a combined effort by the United States and Israel, [23] Stuxnet destroyed perhaps over 1,000 nuclear centrifuges and, according to a Business Insider article, "[set] Tehran's atomic programme back by at least two years."
A Mossad katsa spotted a Fiat van parked in a field close to the flight path. The agent ordered the driver to step out. The back door then flew open, and two militants opened fire. The agent returned fire, severely wounding both of them. The van was found to contain six missiles. The driver escaped on foot, and was pursued by the agent.
El Mashad joined the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority and worked as a nuclear engineer until the Egyptian nuclear program was frozen following the Six-Day War in 1967. [5] He then travelled to Iraq where he led the Iraqi nuclear program, [6] and supervised Iraq's nuclear co-operation agreement with France. [7]