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Israeli Intelligence Community
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The Israeli Intelligence Community (IIC, Hebrew: קהילת המודיעין הישראלית)
is made up of Aman (military intelligence), Mossad
(foreign intelligence) and Shin Bet (domestic intelligence).
It is organised as follows:
Civil
Mossad: The agency responsible primarily for foreign-intelligence work
Shabak ("Shin Bet"): The organization charged with maintaining internal
security, including in the Israeli-occupied territories
National Security Council (official website: http://www.nsc.gov.il/)
LOTAR
Division of Investigations and Intelligence (official website)
of the Israeli Police
Mamad (Center for Political Research) (official website: https://www.gov.il/he/departments/Units/mamad)
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Authority (official website)
of the Ministry of Justice.
Military
Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman): the supreme military-intelligence
branch of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
Intelligence Corps: The main intelligence-collection and -analysis
body of the IDF General Staff; also includes the Israeli SIGINT
(Signals Intelligence) agency known as Unit 8200, HUMINT (Human
Intelligence) Unit 504 and VISINT (Visual Intelligence) Unit 9900 (all of
which are Aman Units)
Information Security Department: The main information-security and counterintelligence unit of Aman
Research Department: The main all-source intelligence-assessment Unit of Aman
Control Department of Aman
The Intelligence Units of the four Regional Commands (Central, Northern,
Southern, Home Front – all of which are Aman Units)
Air Intelligence Directorate: The intelligence unit of the Israeli Air Force
Field Intelligence Force (renamed Combat Intelligence Collection Corps,
which is the intelligence Unit of the Land Forces)
Sayeret Matkal (סיירת מטכ"ל):
The IDF's premier special-forces unit, directly subordinate to Aman
Former Agencies
Path (נתיב, Nativ), officially Lishkat Hakesher or
The Liaison Bureau (June 1951–2021 | official websites:
https://www.nativ.gov.il and
https://www.gov.il/...):
The organization responsible for bringing Jews from Soviet Bloc countries,
a later manifestation of the Mossad Le'aliyah Bet. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in
the 1990s, it moved out of the intelligence community and became a Department within the
Prime Minister's office.
Science Relations Bureau (הלשכה לקשרי מדע, Lekem)
(1957–1981): The agency responsible for obtaining and securing secret nuclear technology. It was
dissolved in 1986.
Sources:
https://www.intelligence.org.il/...
https://irp.fas.org/world/israel/mossad/
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-intelligence-agencies
https://he.wikipedia.org/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Intelligence_Community
For additional information go to
Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC) (official websites):
Israel, https://www.iicc.org.il/
Esteban Rivera, 13 March 2026
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