According to details that later emerged, 'M' was a veteran Mossad operative who served for roughly three decades.

The targets included the Israeli embassy in Baku, a local synagogue, and prominent figures in the Jewish community.

The targets included positions used by Iranian security forces and members of the Basij militia.

Shulamit Cohen, a Lebanese Jew living in Beirut, secretly funneled vital intelligence to Israel during the War of Independence and, years later, smuggled hundreds of Jewish refugees to safety, surviving danger and imprisonment.

Investigators are treating it as an intelligence-style operation, reviewing CCTV and communications data.

'Iran has not relinquished its aspiration to destroy the State of Israel,' Barnea said.

The Mossad is responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, preventing attacks against Israeli citizens and interests abroad, and covert operations.

Israel’s intelligence agency said Hamas has intensified efforts to build terrorist infrastructure in Europe since the Oct. 7 attacks, similar to Iranian proxy networks.

Iranian intelligence has repeatedly recruited Israelis via social media, paying in cash or crypto for surveillance, propaganda, and spot-reporting—sometimes starting with seemingly benign photo tasks before escalating.

Yossi Cohen claimed that Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities were eliminated following joint Israeli-American strikes earlier this year.

Yossi Cohen, former director of Mossad, speaks with Bari Weiss of The Free Press about the realities of the world-famous intelligence agency while dispelling common myths.

Mossad has also reportedly identified the location of Iran’s enriched uranium, which Tehran allegedly moved to a secret site prior to the devastating U.S. strike on the Fordow nuclear facility.

The Iranian military leader was then instructed to film and publish a video of himself publicly disavowing the country’s hardline regime.

These low-cost, off-the-shelf drones highlight a growing challenge for governments defending against agile, unconventional threats.

Israel conducted years-long covert operations inside the Islamic Republic, deploying commando teams, precision weaponry and explosive UAVs.

Some of the items retrieved were the keys to his Damascus apartment, passports, and false documentation he used during his mission, and numerous photographs showing Cohen with senior Syrian government and military officials.

John Ratcliffe's first official visit to the Jewish state since taking office comes amid U.S. attempts to revive negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, as well as with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In one of the most audacious acts of modern espionage, Israel's Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying thousands of booby-trapped pagers, turning the everyday devices into lethal weapons.

The explosive was so well hidden that even if suspicious terrorists would take the devices apart – which Israeli officials believe at least some of them did, even perhaps X-raying them – it wouldn’t be found.

Ahmadinejad claimed Mossad agents stole documents with nuclear secrets and killed Iranian nuclear scientists.

The IDF’s pre-emptive strike neutralized long-range rocket launchers that were set to target central Israel.

Although Hamas and Iran at first falsely claimed it was an aerial strike, the real story is more intriguing.

Mosab Hasan Yousef aka 'The Son of Hamas' is an ex-Hamas member turned Mossad agent who helped Israel catch dozens of high profile terrorists.

The summit came a day after Jerusalem reportedly delivered an updated ceasefire proposal to the United States.

Hamas demands the release of 350 Palestinian prisoners in return for 35 Israeli women, elderly men and ill hostages in the first phase of the deal.

Israel agreed to the current 6-week ceasefire and hostage release deal, but Hamas refused anything short of a permanent cessation in the IDF's military operations.

"Any harm done to any Israeli or Jew in any way whatsoever, via proxy or Iranian alike, will elicit a response against the Iranians who dispatched the terrorists and the policymakers who authorized the terror units."

'There have been over 50 attempts in recent years, the majority of which already were on the verge of being executed before they were thwarted at the last minute,' said Israel's defense minister.

The Mossad will continue to take determined action to prevent attacks on Jews and Israelis around the world, the agency stated.

According to reports, 18 of the 20 survivors were also either active or former intelligence agents.

'The Mossad, together with its partners in the community, is working relentlessly to thwart intended Iranian attacks around the world.'

Turkey's government-affiliated Daily Sabah newspaper reported that the country's intelligence agency detained 44 suspects, arresting seven of them.

The Egyptian-born Cohen was recruited into the Mossad and sent to live among Syrian expatriates in Buenos Aires before moving to Damascus.

Israel has exposed Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program called Project Amad, which revealed that Tehran was developing five nuclear warheads as early as 2003.

The Iranian regime has earned a reputation for less than truthful announcements, touting fake aircraft, satellites that were duds, and even a shoddy contraption Tehran claimed detected corona.

Israel is taking the fight to Iranian soil according to a politician on the ground there.

Israel also concerned that Iran will retaliate against Jewish targets overseas, or through one of its proxies in Lebanon or Syria.

Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror explores the controversial subject in a new documentary.

Over the weekend, the Israeli media reported that the Mossad detained and interrogated an Iranian national who was plotting to kill an Israeli diplomat and a US general.