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Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:07 am
Zvi Zamir, the man who sounded the alarm in 1973, is dead at 98
As Mossad chief, Zamir spearheaded the post-Munich campaign against Palestinian terror in Europe and warned, at the midnight hour, that the Yom Kippur War was breaking out
By Mitch Ginsburg
The Mossad's Egyptian agent Ashraf Marwan, known as 'the Angel' with his handler in an undated photo released by the Mossad on September 7, 2023. (State Archives)
September 8, 2023, 9:22 am
Mossad reveals photo of ‘the Angel,’ Egyptian agent who warned of Yom Kippur war
Spy organization also releases transcript of Ashraf Marwan warning then-Mossad chief Zvi Zamir of a ’99 percent’ chance of war breaking out in 1973
By ToI Staff
Ashraf Marwan. (Screenshot from "The Israeli Connection," via YouTube)
December 25, 2019, 12:52 am
Egyptian gets 5 years for selling book about spy who tipped off Israel
Court convicts Khaled Lotfi of divulging military secrets for distributing book about Marwan Ashraf, credited with warning Israel about coming Yom Kippur surprise attack
By AFP
Reservist soldiers pose on the top of a truck during the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in the Sinai Peninsula on October 6, 1973. (Avi Simhoni/Bamahane/Defense Ministry Archives)
September 17, 2018, 6:54 pm
‘Odds of war lower than low’: Papers highlight intel failures in Yom Kippur War
Documents declassified on 45th anniversary show Mossad Egyptian source suggested day before attack that Israel make public Arab states’ plans in order to deter them. He was ignored
By Judah Ari Gross
Scene from 'The Angel' on Netflix. Ashraf Marwan supplied the Mossad with valuable information in the 70s. (Nick Briggs/Netflix)
September 13, 2018, 10:14 pm
Netflix film ‘The Angel’ spotlights Egyptian spy who tipped off Israel in 1973
Whether for love of humanity or the mighty dollar, Ashraf Marwan warned the Mossad about the planned Arab surprise attack that started the Yom Kippur War, saving millions
By Naomi Pfefferman
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel during a 2011 press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the establishment of a national bureau to focus on Israel's information protection capabilities and supervise development of the cyber sector (Kobi Gideon / Flash90.)
June 22, 2017, 3:21 pm
To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, says top Israeli cyber expert
Internet pioneers didn’t need to prioritize defending against cyber warfare, but we must, says Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, who developed Israel’s cybersecurity agencies and hosts next week’s prestigious Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2017
By David Horovitz
Video from the wedding of former Egyptian strongman Gamel Abdel Nasser's grandson. The man dancing on the left was said to be the Israeli ambassador to Egypt, but was in fact the groom. (Screen Capture: Channel 2)
April 2, 2017, 2:17 am
Vid of ‘Israeli envoy’ at Egypt wedding sparks anger
Dancing groom — Nasser’s grandson — mistaken for Ambassador David Govrin in viral footage
By ToI Staff
A wrecked Israeli tank during the early days of the Yom Kippur War (Wikimedia Commons)
October 6, 2013, 7:31 pm
40 years on, Yom Kippur War intel chiefs trade barbs
Eli Zeira and Zvi Zamir, respective heads of Military Intelligence and the Mossad in 1973, argue at Tel Aviv conference about Mideast war’s outbreak
By Mitch Ginsburg
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv express their rage at the Maariv newspaper’s impending closure and the possibility that many will not receive full compensation from the company. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
September 21, 2012, 5:43 pm
Goodnight Maariv, and good evening Netanyahu
One of Israel’s oldest papers may be nearing its demise, and the prime minister is forced to cut back on a free dinner
By Ilan Ben Zion
Ahron Bregman at his London home, July 2012 (photo credit: courtesy/Adam J. Bregman)
July 24, 2012, 7:44 pm
‘I should never have exposed Egypt’s 1973 war super spy’
Five years after Ashraf Marwan — Nasser’s son-in-law, and the agent known as ‘Angel’ — plunged to his death from the balcony of his London home, a wrenching confession from Ahron Bregman, the Israeli academic who blew Marwan’s cover
By Elhanan Miller
Ashraf Marwan. (Screenshot from "The Israeli Connection," via YouTube)
July 8, 2012, 10:34 pm
State closing case against former intel chief over outing of spy
Eli Zeira, known for failed assessment ahead of Yom Kippur War, was accused of revealing the identity of Israel’s most senior source in Egypt 40 years ago
By Philip Podolsky
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