Yossi cohen

Ex-spy chief Cohen says Mossad ‘toured’ Fordow many times, bombing was ‘fulfillment of all dreams'

It remains unclear whether Cohen was referring to agents physically present within the facility or to a form of remote monitoring.

 A satellite image shows the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated June 14, 2025
Yossi Cohen.

Mossad's Gaza operations ceased in 2021, long before Hamas's October 7 attack, sources tell 'Post'

Former Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen attends a Menorah lighting ceremony on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, at the great synagogue in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2024.

Mossad rehearsed 2018 Iran nuclear archives raid in Africa, former chief Yossi Cohen reveals

Yossi Cohen.

Iran will keep lying, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen warns


Who is Bibi's Iran project manager - Yossi Cohen or Meir Ben Shabbat? -analysis

Whatever Biden’s timeline is for moving forward on the Iran issue – be it before Tehran’s June elections or at a later date – the identity of the Israeli emissary has become clouded as time goes by.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran at the weekly cabinet meeting

Sullivan, Ben-Shabbat holding dialogue on Iran

The officials agreed to continue to discuss the matter during a phone call on Thursday, their second since US President Joe Biden’s inauguration last month.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL head Meir Ben-Shabbat attends a state audit committee meeting at the Knesset in 2018

Exceptional Mossad employees honored in Hanukkah ceremony by PM, president

This year's selections included 12 Mossad employees - "the best of the best," Rivlin called them.

President Reuven Rivlin and Mossad Director Yossi Cohen light Hanukkah candles during a ceremony honoring exceptional Mossad employees, Wednesday, December 16, 2020.

Netanyahu to appoint deputy Mossad head as next Mossad Director

"D" will replace Yossi Cohen as the next director of the Mossad in June 2021.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Netanyahu meets Saudi crown prince MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia

The plane returned to Israel after only a few hours.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Mossad head’s short-term extension points to politics, not Iran

Cohen was due to finish a five-year term in January 2021, and has now been extended through June 2021.

Yossi Cohen

PM extends Mossad chief tenure by 6 months

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that Cohen’s tenure would be extended from January 2021 to June 2021.

Mossad head Yossi Cohen marks the agency's ending its coronavirus-related activity

Mossad head moderating Arab opposition to annexation

Yossi Cohen has been credited with much of the quiet diplomacy between Israel and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, which led to more public ties between Israel and those countries since 2017.

Mossad head Yossi Cohen marks the agency's ending its coronavirus-related activity

Netanyahu thanks Mossad chief for purchasing coronavirus medical gear

The Mossad received heavy criticism for its purchases in late March after a covert operation accidentally brought 100,000 incomplete coronavirus test kits to Israel from an unidentified Gulf state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen

Mossad delivers coronavirus equipment to Israel

Additionally, the Mossad is working on procuring 47 different drugs and anesthetics that Israel is lacking according to the Health Ministry.

A Korean Air plane bringing chemicals used in coronavirus checks to Israel on April 15 2020