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Saturday, April 13, 2024
Ex-Mossad chief indicates discomfort with IDF strike on IRGC generals that sparked latest Iran escalation
File: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (right) waves as he visits an exhibition of the Revolutionary Guard navy capabilities while accompanied by the guard's navy commander Alireza Tangsiri, in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 2, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Former Mossad chairman Yossi Cohen appears to voice some opposition to Israel’s killing of IRGC general Mohammad Reza Zahedi last week in what sparked the latest escalation between Israel and Iran.
Asked about the strike on Channel 12, Cohen repeatedly avoids expressing his support.
“Does his killing remove a threat to Israel — I don’t know. I hope that it does,” Cohen says.
“As for whether we are able to do something like this. This proves that we can,” he continues, acknowledging that Israel was responsible.
“As for the result, I want to believe — as we got used to doing when I was head of the Mossad and head of the National Security Council — that the possible responses to such a strike were discussed ahead of time,” he says.
