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IDF Intelligence Corps

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) holds a press conference in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/POOL); Palestinians break into Israel from Gaza through the border fence, October 7, 2023. (REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
February 10, 2026, 4:49 pm
Report: Netanyahu received intel on Hamas plan to invade southern Israel as early as 2018
PM reportedly was warned about Hamas’s ‘Jericho’s Wall’ plan for large-scale attack years before Oct. 7, despite his repeated denials; source says one report was shared with PM directly
By Ethan Rubinson
Brigadier General (res.) Itai Brun speaks to Channel 12 news, November 16, 2024 (Channel 12 screenshot)
November 17, 2024, 1:15 am
Ex-IDF intel analysis chief: Replacing people won’t fix Oct. 7 strategic intel failure
Inability to recognize what Hamas was planning showed multi-year failure of culture and approach, says Itai Brun; even after massacre, intel didn’t internalize Iran-led axis believed it could destroy Israel
By ToI Staff
A man points to a television set displaying an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning during a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
September 29, 2024, 11:21 am
Nasrallah killing reveals depth of Israeli penetration of Hezbollah
Friday’s targeting of terror chief is culmination of string of attacks against organization’s top echelon, key weapons caches, based on decades of Israeli intelligence gathering
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Ofir Shoshani who was murdered in Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
January 28, 2024, 10:14 pm
Staff Sgt. Ofir Shoshani, 20: Off-duty soldier ‘with captivating smile’
Murdered in her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
File - Hamas terrorists are seen crossing the Israel-Gaza border fence on October 7, 2023. (Kan TV screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2023, 3:37 am
Top Israeli intel unit wasn’t operational on October 7 due to personnel decision
New report claims senior officer decided 2 years ago that Unit 8200 shouldn’t work overnight or on weekends, said warning of Hamas attack wouldn’t come from ‘classic sources’
By ToI Staff
The Israeli team at Ben Gurion Airport on September 7, 2023 as they prepare to depart for the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Courtesy of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization)
September 9, 2023, 6:21 pm
Finally invited to multi-sport Invictus Games, Israel sends team of 20 to Dusseldorf
Injured IDF veterans with no prior international competition experience say they are proud to represent country in swimming, cycling, table tennis, archery, and indoor rowing
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, the former head of the research division in the IDF’s Military Intelligence division and former Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs outside the Nomi Studios in Jerusalem, June 21, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
June 23, 2023, 5:56 am
What Matters Now to Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser: Breaking the terror wave
After a bloody week, a leading intelligence expert analyses recent IDF successes in the West Bank, offers points for improvement and tells us what keeps him up at night
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 2, 2022 (Courtesy Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 6, 2022, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 6: Uptick in West Bank TikTok attacks; COVID vaccine study
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses West Bank intel and Iron Beam project as health reporter Nathan Jeffay talks side effects of COVID shots and women’s health research
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a press conference in Ramat Gan, August 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 31, 2022, 4:57 pm
Israel sanctions 20 people and companies accused in Hamas money laundering front
Defense Minister Gantz says terror group manages hundreds of millions in investments through a network of shell companies in various countries
By ToI Staff
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June 9, 2021, 2:21 pm
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By ToI Staff
Ori Kol of FakeReporter in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy of Ori Kol via JTA)
May 16, 2021, 5:00 am
To curb ethnic riots, ex-intel officers volunteer to spy on extremists online
Despite flagging imminent threats, such as the anti-Arab mob violence in Bat Yam, police are slow to act, says activist
By Asaf Shalev
A digital mock-up of a proposed Military Intelligence base that will be constructed in southern Israel. (Defense Ministry)
July 13, 2020, 2:13 pm
Mega-builder Shikun & Binui gets tender to build IDF intel complex in south
After delays and amid ongoing pushback by military, Defense Ministry moving forward with plan to relocate Intelligence Directorate to the northern Negev
By Judah Ari Gross
Still from video of IDF soldiers singing in Persian, which went viral on Iranian social media on May 3, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 4, 2018, 1:50 pm
Video of IDF soldiers singing Persian love song goes viral in Iran
IDF asks proud dad to take down clip of some 50 trainees in Intelligence Corps, but not before Iranian accounts repost the footage
By David Sedley
Ehud Olmert, right, and Ehud Barak in the Knesset on March 30, 2009. Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 23, 2018, 5:09 am
Decade after clandestine Syria strike, revelation sparks a war for credit
Former leaders snipe at each other over who said what in lead-up to Israel’s bombing of Assad’s nuclear facility in 2007, while ex-spies blame each other for failing to spot danger
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party in the Knesset, March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 21, 2018, 6:29 pm
Defense minister regrets releasing details of attack on Syrian nuclear reactor
Liberman condemns public spat between former military intelligence and Mossad chiefs over who uncovered intel on reactor
By Stuart Winer
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