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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

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Screenshot from footage released by the Mossad showing strikes carried out by commandos of the Israeli spy agency on Iranian air defenses in Iran, June 13, 2025. (Mossad screenshot)
June 13, 2025, 1:16 pm
Mossad set up drone base in Iran, UAVs took out missile launchers overnight
Assault on Islamic Republic’s nuclear program was product of years-long collaboration between IDF and intelligence agency, involved smuggling weapons systems into Iran on vehicles
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
May 28, 2025, 10:11 am
Iran executes man it convicted of spying for Israel
Pedram Madani was found guilty of ‘spying in favor of the Zionist regime,’ judiciary news outlet says; last month, another alleged Mossad collaborator was executed
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Nadia Cohen (L), the widow of spy Eli Cohen, meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu (R) in his office, May 18, 2025, after Israel retrieved some 2,000 documents related to his capture from Syria. (Prime Minister's Office)
May 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
2,500 items belonging to executed spy Eli Cohen recovered from Syria by Mossad
Covert operation retrieves entire Syrian archive 60 years after his execution in Damascus, includes passports, final will, letters, keys to his apartment
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)
May 11, 2025, 11:14 am
Body of soldier Zvi Feldman, missing for 43 years, recovered from Syria by Mossad, IDF
Remains found in ‘heart of Syria,’ in ‘covert, complex’ operation by non-Israeli agents working for Mossad; officials vow to return 3rd missing soldier from 1982 battle of Sultan Yacoub
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News Agency on December 12, 2022, shows the public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, in Iran's Mashhad city. (Mizan News/AFP)
April 30, 2025, 9:19 pm
‘Bloodthirsty’: Rights groups, dissidents slam Iran’s hanging of alleged spy for Israel
Mohsen Langarneshin was executed despite evidence that he confessed to crime under torture; IHR monitor says Islamic Republic has hanged 339 people so far this year
By Stuart Williams
Illustrative: A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News Agency on December 12, 2022, shows the public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, in Iran's Mashhad city. (Mizan News/AFP)
April 30, 2025, 11:50 am
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Mohsen Langarneshin convicted of link to death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer in 2022, providing support for attack on defense ministry site in Isfahan
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Latvian auxiliary police assisting the round-up of Jews in Latvia in 1941. (Bundesarchiv bild)
April 22, 2025, 9:01 pm
Yad Vashem condemns Latvia’s exoneration of ‘the butcher of Riga’
Baltic nation says it couldn’t find evidence against Herberts Cukurs, believed responsible for killing tens of thousands of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust
By Zev Stub
Aliza Magen, the first and only female deputy director of the Mossad spy agency, appears on an episode of the Kan public broadcaster's 'Real Time,' May 23, 2018 (screenshot/KAN)
April 14, 2025, 2:01 pm
Aliza Magen, Mossad’s only female deputy director, dies at 88
A key figure in landmark missions by the spy agency, Magen redefined what women could achieve in Israeli intelligence
By Stav Levaton
Demonstrators gather with placards during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023, attacks by Gazan Palestinian terrorists, outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, on April 5, 2025. (Hazem Bader / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 9:42 am
Ex-Mossad members, paratroopers, medics join call for hostage deal even if it ends war
3 former security service leaders join wave of statements started by pilots’ letter calling to prioritize captives over fighting: ‘Every day that passes puts their lives at risk’
By ToI Staff and Stav Levaton
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Mossad chief David Barnea at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 28, 2025, 9:16 pm
Netanyahu said to task Mossad with finding countries to house Gazans
With Trump’s focus elsewhere, report says Israel has reached out to Sudan, Somalia, Indonesia and other nations about taking in Palestinians but the outreach has yet to bear fruit
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 26, 2025, 7:10 pm
Netanyahu interviewing Shin Bet chief candidates amid legal freeze on Bar’s ouster
Despite High Court hold on removing Ronen Bar, PMO presses forward with selection process; interviewees include former deputies and hostage negotiators
By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
This handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on November 11, 2023, shows Syria's then-President Bashar al-Assad attending an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency/AFP)
December 28, 2024, 1:52 am
Mossad chief was set to meet Assad in 2019 in bid to cut Syria-Iran ties — report
Strongman backed out at the last moment from Kremlin sit-down with Yossi Cohen, according to report, which quotes IDF intelligence unit’s years-long WhatsApp messages to Damascus
By ToI Staff
Mia Shalom, mother of IDF soldier Almog Shalom who was killed in battle, lights the first Hanukkah candle on his grave at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 26, 2024, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 26: Day 447 – Israel and Hamas offer recriminations, but no deal
ToI founding editor David Horovitz weighs in on the latest in hostage talks, persistent Houthi missile attacks and a new sense of IDF preparedness
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Hezbollah weapons and other equipment seized by the IDF during its ground operation in south Lebanon, are displayed for the media at military base in northern Israel on December 24, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
December 25, 2024, 10:20 pm
IDF displays thousands of Hezbollah weapons, shares details on pager operation
Israeli forces killed some 3,800 Hezbollah fighters plus some 44 amid ceasefire, army says, citing terror group’s violations; military to erect temporary posts in Syria buffer zone
By Emanuel Fabian
Stars Niv Sultan, left, and Hugh Laurie are seen in a poster for the third season of 'Tehran' by the Kan public broadcaster and Apple TV, airing December 9, 2024. (Courtesy: Kan)
December 12, 2024, 6:08 pm
Mossad agent on the loose as Season 3 of ‘Tehran’ finally arrives
Israelis reintroduced to Tamar Rabinyan’s escapades after several months of real-world tensions with Iran
By Jessica Steinberg
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