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Mossad Shake-Up After Failed Iran Plot Exposes Israeli Intelligence Risks

Israel’s new Mossad director has fired two senior officials described as architects of a failed plan to topple Iran’s leadership, according to Israeli media. The purge reveals how deep the agency was willing to reach inside Iran’s system—and how costly a misstep in that shadow war can be for Israel’s intelligence hierarchy.

A quiet but telling upheaval is playing out inside Israel’s most famous intelligence service. The new Mossad director, Major General Roman Gofman, has dismissed two of the agency’s most senior officials over what Israeli media describe as their role in a failed plan to bring down Iran’s ruling establishment. In a region accustomed to covert operations, the reported purge is a rare public glimpse of what happens when an ambitious operation aimed at the core of a rival regime falls short. Channel 12 television reported that Gofman removed the two veteran officers, labeling them the main architects of an operation intended to undermine or topple Iran’s leadership. One of the…

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