Tag: Military Intelligence
65 million files: The intel exposing Hamas tunnels
The Israel Defense Forces' search for terror tunnels is being aided by a trove of intelligence seized by soldiers, namely 65 million digital files and a half-million physical documents, the IDF disclosed on Thursday.
Tasked...
Netanyahu denies report Cairo warned of Hamas attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dismissed as “totally fake news” and "absolutely false" reports that the Egyptian spy chief warned him of a major impending Palestinian attack from Gaza.
Ynet had reported that Maj. Gen. Abbas...
‘There is no target that cannot be cracked. Period.’
The technological breakthroughs and intelligence superiority of the Israel Defense Force’s Unit 8200 position it, and Israel, as a world leader, at the same level as the United States, Russia, or China. However, the...
Top IDF intelligence unit gets its first female deputy commander
The Military Intelligence Directorate on Sunday appointed the first female deputy chief of Unit 8200, the directorate’s main information-gathering unit.
Lt. Col. G., who will be promoted to full colonel for her new position, has...
IDF exposes Hezbollah weapons warehouse adjacent to Lebanese school
The Israel Defense Forces revealed a Hezbollah weapons warehouse on Wednesday built in close proximity to a school in Southern Lebanon.
On its official Twitter account, the Israeli military said: “Our intelligence can reveal that...
Netanyahu names new head of Mossad intelligence agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that David Barnea has been selected to serve as the next director of the Mossad intelligence agency, following outgoing head Yossi Cohen.
Barnea, 56 and a father...
Israel’s COVID reproduction rate drops to 0.59
Israel’s coronavirus reproduction rate continues to drop, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday, and now stands at 0.59.
Of the 41,443 COVID-19 tests that the ministry conducted on Tuesday, 679 came back positive,...
Flying under the radar: The women warriors of Israel’s elite combat intelligence unit
Some four years ago, in typical secrecy, the Israel Defense Forces’ infamous Unit 8200 established its first company of female warriors. The company operates within the framework of 8200’s combat intelligence unit, which meshes...
New Israeli intelligence-gathering methods see ‘dramatic improvement’ in results
New methods employed by the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence-gathering units have led to greater success rates, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, the commander of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate (MID), revealed recently.
In a new periodical...
IDF: Iran can enrich enough uranium for a bomb within four months
Iran could develop a nuclear bomb within two years and Hezbollah will not seek an all-out war, according to the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s annual threat-assessment report, which was made public on Tuesday.
The report,...