David Barnea

Netanyahu is responsible for this loss. Since he is not foolish, he may have understood that he needed to aim for a “victory picture” and built the Qatar strike as that image.

'A,' a former Mossad official, stated that "If there was an objection [from the Mossad], then it would arise from its duty to be in all the places the official State of Israel cannot be."

The Mossad was reportedly tasked with figuring out which countries would be willing to accept the evacuated Palestinians, so that future diplomatic avenues could be explored.

The beeper explosions on September 17, 2024, were credited with shell-shocking Hezbollah into freezing under fire as it lost 3,500 agents and officials across Lebanon all at once with no warning.

A new venue for negotiations, outside of Qatar and Egypt, is reportedly to be up for debate, with a European capital or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) presented among the potential options.

Channel 12 reported on a classified document received by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hours after Mossad's Barnea trip to Qatar.

In recent days, Qatar and Egypt have been working on a framework for a deal that would include the release of all hostages and an end to the war.

A number of disputes between the IDF and the Mossad have turned some life-long friends from the rival agencies into harsh public critics of each other.

In meetings, Halevi reportedly criticized Barnea’s performance, particularly during the 12-Day War against Iran. 

The true foundations for Mossad's operations in Lebanon and Iran were laid by Israel's "project manager" for Iran, The Jerusalem Post has learned.