Ex-Mossad chief says sabotaged devices sit in many countries
Original title: Mossad Has Devices Like the Exploding Pagers in "Every Country You Can Imagine" (2025)
Yossi Cohen says the pager method began in 2002–2004 and was not deployed enough in Gaza before October 7, 2023.
Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen told The Brink podcast that the September 2024 sabotage of Hezbollah communications gear was part of a broader “manipulated equipment” or “pager” method. He said treated equipment was placed in every country one can imagine and that Israel inserted itself into adversaries’ supply chains, including Iran. He said the approach was tested in the 2006 Second Lebanon War but was “not enough” in Gaza, and that Shin Bet and IDF intelligence resisted Mossad taking Gaza coverage before October 7, 2023.
Unconfirmed: The geographic scale and Gaza claims are Cohen’s unverified account and are disputed in the comments.
- Cohen said he developed the method in 2002–2004 under Meir Dagan.
- He described Gaza as a critical shortfall in Mossad’s architecture.
- He said he wrote that intelligence coverage was not sufficient before October 7.
- The article’s commenters argue the interview may be deliberate disinformation.
- Threat actors
- Hezbollah
- Organizations
- MossadShin BetIDF Intelligence Directorate
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Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen has offered an account of his agency’s global intelligence operations–revealing that the widely-publicized sabotage of Hezbollah’s communications infrastructure in September 2024 is only part of a far broader espionage campaign.
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