Mossad

Mossad is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community. It is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counter-terrorism. Its annual budget is estimated to be around 10 billion shekels. It employs around 7,000 people directly, making it the second-largest espionage agency in the Western world.

About Mossad in brief

Mossad is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community. It is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counter-terrorism. Its director answers directly and only to the Prime Minister. Its annual budget is estimated to be around 10 billion shekels. It employs around 7,000 people directly, making it the second-largest espionage agency in the Western world, after the American CIA. Mossad was formed on December 13, 1949, as the Central Institute for Coordination at the recommendation of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to Reuven Shiloah. In September 1956, Mossad established a secretive network in Morocco to smuggle Moroccan Jews to Israel after a ban on immigration to Israel was imposed. In early 1991, two Mossad operatives infiltrated the Moroccan port of Casablanca and planted a tracking device on the freighter Al-Yarmouk, which was carrying a cargo of North Korean missiles bound for Syria. The 1988 killing of Khalazir al-Wazir was later called off by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The alleged killing of Salah Salah, head of the second in command of the PLO, in 1991 was shot at close range at Entebbe Airport. In 2016, Hamas operative Mohammad al-Zawari, known to Israel’s security services as echelon, was known to Mossad as Mohammad Zawari.

He was a Hamas engineer who was believed to be constructing drones for the Hamas-linked group Entbebe. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or click here for information on how to get in to the Lifeline. In Europe, contact the European Union on 0800 0800 909090 or visit the European External Secretariat on 020 3615 9090 or go to http://www.esa.org/european-espionage/en/espionage-and-counter-terrorism/. In the Middle East, call the British Embassy on 0300 0300 90909 or visit www.espionageandcounter-terror/en/. In Africa, call 0800 515 9090 or visit the African Division of the British Intelligence Service on 0400 0300. In Latin America, call 00800 0400 9091 or 0200 0400. In Australia, call 08457 90910 or 0400 7090. In South Africa, contact 0800 709090. In North Africa, talk to 0800 809090, or visit 0800 609090,. In the United States, call the American Embassy on 08400 009090, or the European Department of Intelligence and Security on 0200 70909090. In the UK, contact the British Foreign Office on 0203 009090 9093 or 0203 70910 9099.