Intelligence

IDF to launch mandatory Islamic studies and Arabic training for all intelligence soldiers

Following intelligence failures around October 7, 2023, the IDF is mandating that all intelligence personnel undergo training in both Arabic and Islamic cultural studies.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.
Former Mossad head Yossi Cohen is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021

How Yossi Cohen set stage for Hezbollah beepers, Iran tech surprises, assassinations - exclusive

 A Pakistani Ranger stands guard during the 'Beating Retreat' ceremony at the border gates of Pakistan and India at the Wagah border post near Lahore on May 4, 2025.

Suicide bombing kills 13 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border, say sources

Iranian newspapers are seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Iran carrying out major crackdown in wake of ceasefire, arresting Israel 'collaborators'


White House denies assessment that US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were ineffective - CNN

"Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration," White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN.

 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, June 19, 2025.

IDF revives disbanded Hatzav intelligence unit amid regional threats

Disbanded in 2021 despite expert warnings, the IDF’s Hatzav Unit has been revived, proving how vital open-source intelligence has become in the face of shifting regional dynamics.

 Most of the Russian movements were documented by Ukrainian civilians who uploaded content, such as videos, photos, and text to social media.

Khamenei names three senior clerics as possible replacements should he be killed - report

Khamenei has made a selection of replacements down his chain of military command in case more of his lieutenants are killed, according to the report. 

 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025.

Netanyahu praises IDF Intelligence officers amid operations against Iran

Netanyahu praised the work of intelligence officers as crucial to the war and congratulated them on their work.

 Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) visiting an IDF Intelligence base with Head of IDF Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder (left) and Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman (right), June 20, 2025.

Israel is now turning 'ring of fire' back on Iran, IDF chief says at intelligence HQ

The head of the Intelligence Directorate visited the Targeting Center of the Intelligence Directorate on Wednesday.

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, June 19, 2025.

How IDF intelligence outmaneuvered Iran - explainer

The Israeli military's intelligence preparation allowed the air force to gain supremacy over the skies of Tehran in the first 24 hours of Operation Rising Lion.

 Fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025

'S' takes over as acting Shin Bet chief from Ronen Bar

Bar, who picked S. as his deputy in January, said he had tremendous confidence in S. to run the agency.

 Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar at Israel's Remembrance Day ceremony, 30 April 2025

Iranian media teases contents of alleged stolen Israeli nuclear documents

The documents claim to reveal an “illegal” secret nuclear weapons program in coordination with American and European institutions. 

 A model of an Iranian missile is seen during a gathering in support of Gaza, in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025.

Iran claims it stole thousands of Israeli intel. materials, including nuclear docs. - report

According to reports by sources to Iranian-affiliated media, the documents were allegedly transferred from within Israel to Iranian territory.

 (Illustrative) A classified document over an Iranian and Israeli flag.

Learning Israel's enemies: Officer sheds light on Israeli intel. gathering during war

'People like me in this position, we have hundreds of hours of facetime with the other side.'

 IDF soldiers in Khan Yunis in Gaza, in July 2024.

Mohammed Sinwar still alive, senior Hamas official claims - report

The report comes a day after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that there are rising indications that Mohammed Sinwar was killed.

 A video released by the IDF allegedly shows Mohammed Sinwar travelling in a car through a tunnel near the Erez crossing, close to the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.