The Mossad Stopped an Attack in Cyprus by Kidnapping Its Mastermind in Iran—and the World Shrugs
Key lessons from a daring operation.
July 7, 2023
The Mossad Stopped an Attack in Cyprus by Kidnapping Its Mastermind in Iran—and the World Shrugs
Key lessons from a daring operation.
In cooperation with Cypriot authorities, agents of the fabled Israeli intelligence service recently thwarted a planned attack on Israeli targets on the island nation, arresting several of the would-be perpetrators. After the arrests were made public, the Mossad took the unusual step of explaining how it found them: by abducting, on Iranian soil, the officer of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who directed the terrorist cell in Cyprus, and obtaining the relevant information from him. Yoav Limor notes some lessons that can be learned from this coup, among them:
July 7, 2023
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