Apparently Hezbollah with the help of Iran came close to discover that their pagers were booby trapped

Amazing stuff!

"Former defense minister Yoav Gallant discussed additional details of Mossad's September 2024 pager operation against Hezbollah terrorists in 2024 that killed or wounded some three thousand five hundred Hezbollah operatives during a previously censored interview with Channel 12, which was permitted for publication on Monday. ...

“In the first week of August [2024], we discovered that there was someone who suspected the pagers,” Gallant told Channel 12.

"In the middle of the operation, it turned out that somewhere, the pagers were being inspected. ... 

According to the film, Iran sent a special X-ray machine to check whether there were explosives in the pagers.

“In the third week of September, we learned that Hezbollah had sent three pagers to Iran for scanning,” Netanyahu revealed in a speech at a conference that was censored until Monday. “Before that, we bombed such a scanner that they were about to bring; we got rid of it and also of the person operating it.” ..."

Israeli defense officials confirm details of Hezbollah pager operation | The Jerusalem Post "Many of the details mentioned by Gallant in the interview were previously reported by The Jerusalem Post during an interview with Mossad agent "Adam Feyn" in May."

Tech Behind Israel’s Mossad | How Mossad Uses Tech In Wars

Recommendable! Covers e.g. Stuxnet.

(149) Tech Behind Israel’s Mossad | How Mossad Uses Tech In Wars | Firstpost Ripple - YouTube

How Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Went from Holocaust Denier to Alleged Mossad Asset

Headline of the day! Tip of my hat to Mossad if confirmed!

A dead man walking? Or protected by Mossad?

Caveat: I did not read the article.

How Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Went from Holocaust Denier to Alleged Mossad Asset "The explosive allegations, if true, would reveal one of the most audacious intelligence operations in recent Middle Eastern [world] history—and a strategy aimed at shaping Iran's future from within."

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How Mossad Operates | Israel Deployed Mossad Inside Iran and more

Very recommendable!

(597) How Mossad Operates | Israel Deployed Mossad Inside Iran | The Blueprint - YouTube

Israel's Mossad Wanted to Make Ahmadinejad Next Iran Leader

Recommendable! Contains some more details!

(30268) Israel's Mossad Wanted to Make Ahmadinejad Next Iran Leader | Vantage on Firstpost | 4K - YouTube

The wild Mossad operation to replace Khamenei with Israel's great enemy Ahmadinejad - analysis

I blogged here yesterday about the arrest of Ahmadinejad by the IRGC in Iran.

Was this a good choice by Mossad?

"... it has been known now for some time that the Mossad sought to replace supreme leader Ali Khamenei with former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...

But the latest exposure by the Times of the tactics used by the Mossad to recruit Ahmadinejad, including its picking him up mid-war under the cover of an attack around his residence, and his walking away from the operation after being unhappy about the circumstances of the war, has not come from Israeli sources. ...

the latest leaks about wild meetings with Israeli officials and Mossad agents in Guatemala, Hungary, and elsewhere, with Ahmadinejad managing to lose his minders multiple times, and clandestine funds being sent to his aides ..."

Why the Mossad's Ahmadinejad operation ended in a strategic setback | The Jerusalem Post "Information, including from The Jerusalem Post's own Western sources, indicates that Mossad sought to replace Ali Khamenei with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad (age 69) under arrest by IRGC for work with Mossad

Are the mullahs of Iran panicking? Who will be next?

IRGC = Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad under arrest by IRGC for work with Mossad | The Jerusalem Post "For years, Israel conducted a covert operation aimed at recruiting former Iranian president Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset and, at a later stage, even planned to install him as Iran’s leader."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Source)

David Barnea shares Mossad role in Nasrallah assassination, Iran war details

Don't mess with Mossad at your own peril!

"On Tuesday, David Barnea completed his astounding five-year term as Mossad chief. During that time, he transformed the spy agency from a unit that carried out one or two operations in the shadows at a time, to a juggernaut that could influence the course of war and peace on multiple Middle Eastern fronts – from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, to protecting Jews from terrorism overseas.

He has spent decades in the agency, with five years at its helm, including some of the most crucial in Israel’s history. He helped hobble Iran with hundreds of agents, sabotaging the country in June 2025. There were the exploding beepers in September 2024, which killed Hezbollah operatives. That same month, he oversaw the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon. ..."

David Barnea shares Mossad role in Nasrallah assassination, Iran war details | The Jerusalem Post "After decades in the agency, and five years at its top, including some of the most crucial in Israel's history, Barnea also has some critical viewpoints which Israel and the world can learn from."

Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

America’s Ally or Enemy? The Hidden Story of Israel's Mossad

Very recommendable! However, it is too partisan against Israel! Mossad is probably one of the most capable intelligence services of the world!

Dozens of Mossad women operated on the ground in Iran during 12-Day War

The best spies are women! Forget about James Bond! 😊

"Dozens of Mossad women penetrated Iran and had boots on the ground, performing a variety of operations during Israel’s attacks on Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs in June, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Critically, the Post has come to understand that Mossad director David Barnea views the role that female Mossad agents played during the Israel-Iran war as very substantial.

While the exact nature of what these women did, exactly, is still classified, in 2024, a senior female Mossad agent, only known as “G” with an Iranian background and special expertise in Iran and in recruiting foreign spies in hostile countries, was honored with lighting a torch in the Independence Day ceremony. ..."

Mossad women operated in Iran during 12-Day War | The Jerusalem Post "The Mossad is poised to intervene if Tehran seems to be trying to use its uranium to move again in the direction of a nuclear weapon."

Israel located and killed Iranian officials during the Israel-Iran War by tracking their bodyguards’ cellphones

Once more superb Israeli intelligence services work!

"Israel located and killed Iranian officials during the Israel-Iran War by tracking their bodyguards’ cellphones, according to Israeli and Iranian officials speaking to the New York Times on August 30. Israel used the cellphone location of Iranian officials’ bodyguards to attack a Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) meeting on June 16. The SNSC is Iran’s highest foreign policy and national security decision-making body and includes the heads of Iran’s three branches of government and senior military commanders, among other officials. Israeli and Iranian officials told the New York Times that Iranian bodyguards’ “careless” use of cellphones played a “central role” in Israel’s ability to kill Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists during the war. Israel similarly exploited lapses in Hezbollah’s operational security following the Israeli pager and walkie talkie attacks in September 2024 to kill senior Hezbollah officials."

Critical Threats Project: Iran Update

How Israel’s Mossad used spies, infiltrators, AI to attack Iran from the inside

This Israeli special operation by Mossad will go down in the history books!

Unprecedented vid shows Israeli commandos INSIDE Iran directing deadly strikes

This is incredible! Mossad agents and Israeli special forces were inside of Iran to prepare the attack by Israeli fighter jets and possibly assassinate Iranian targets! Like David with the slingshot!

How the Most Elite Spy Agency Operates

Very recommendable!

How Mossad Pulled Off one of Its Greatest Mission Ever - the pager tampering

Recommendable! Don't mess with Israel!

How one of Mossad's Greatest Spies operated in Argentina and Syria

Very recommendable!

The extraordinary assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran

Recommendable! Contains also some background on past Mossad operations.

Suspected Hamas Members Arrested in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands Over Suspected Plot to Attack Jewish Community in Europe

Wow! If confirmed, then this really bad news!

"... It appears the weapons cache was never found, and the German police are still seeking it themselves. German authorities are reported to have said the arrested men were known longstanding Hamas members who had been under surveillance since last year, and who are thought to have participated in Hamas operations “abroad” before. ...

Israel’s intelligence service Mossad said in a statement Thursday that the Hamas arrests in Europe came after an “accelerated and comprehensive intelligence investigation”. ..."

'Hamas Members' Arrested Over Suspected Plot to Attack Jews in Europe A plot to unearth a buried Hamas weapons cache in Germany and launch terror attacks against the European Jewish community has ended in seven arrests across the continent, Mossad says.

The workings of Mossad

Recommendable! However, it is an old documentary ending about 2015. Of course, the leftist German government media outlet Deutsche Welle took a swipe at then Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu!

I am somewhat familiar with some of the well known past missions of the Mossad. Though, I had e.g. forgotten about the first MIG 21 fighter plane mission. Egypt's President Anwar el-Sadat had a Mossad spy before the 1973 Yom Kippur war against Israel started, but things did not go well. Israel's incursion into Lebanon was a disaster.

Mossad played a key role in the success of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

World order on verge of cliff - first Israeli national intel assessment

There is little doubt in my mind that Mossad is probably one of the best secret intelligence services in the world!

Unfortunately, the article does not contain a link to the report. A quick Google search found nothing. The website of Mossad is very sparse.

Certainly, we are living in dangerous times! E.g. the Russo-Ukrainian war is like World War III by any other name. Plus global price inflation, pandemics ...

 "The world is at a transition point analogous to being on the verge of a cliff, after which a series of crises striking simultaneously will reorder the planet’s geopolitics, the place of technology, the economic order and a variety of other disciplines from health to energy, according to Israel's first [public] government national intelligence estimate. ...

According to the report, the world is at on the verge of a cliff and is likely to be struck by a variety of crises affecting all aspects of life. ...
The report also recognized a major change in Israel’s status since evolving from an energy-weak country to energy independent with the fine - in recent decades - of natural gas in its maritime coastal areas. ...
According to the report, it may not be easy for Israel to maintain a geopolitical balance between positive relations with the US, China and Russia as these powers move from open competition to greater conflict. ..."

World order on verge of cliff - first Israeli national intel assessment - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post The Intelligence Ministry on Monday unveiled the country’s first-ever national intelligence estimate report on Monday.