Aman
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intelligence agencyintelligence agency
| Aman link () Website | |
|---|---|
| File:Ha'man.jpg | |
| Leader | Head of Aman |
| Type | intelligence agency |
| Staff | 7,000 |
| One of Israel's most powerful intelligence agencies | |
Aman (Agaf ha-Modi'in, also known as the Military Intelligence Directorate) is Israel's military intelligence agency.[1]
People
Heads
- Isser Be'eri 1948-49
- Col. Chaim Herzog 1949-50
- Col. Binyamin Gibli 1950-55
- Maj. Gen. Yehoshafat Harkabi 1955-59
- Maj. Gen. Chaim Herzog 1959-62
- Maj. Gen. Meir Amit 1962-63
- Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv 1964-72
- Maj. Gen. Eliahu Zeira 1972-74
- Maj. Gen. Shlomo Gazit 1974-78
- Maj. Gen. Yehoshua Saguy 1979-83
- Maj. Gen. Ehud Barak 1983-85
- Maj. Gen. Amnon Shahak 1986-91
- Maj. Gen. Uri Saguy 1991-95
- Maj. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon 1995[2]-1998
- Maj. Gen. Amos Malka 1998[3] -2001
- Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi Farkash
- Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin 2006-
Premature death
Brigadier General Amit Saar, who headed the agency from 2020 and at the time of the October 7, 2023 false flag attack, died on January 1, 2026, at the age of 47, as a result of brain cancer. Saar had resigned in April 2024 to treat a malignant tumor.[4]
References
- ↑ Aman, GlobalSecurity.org, accessed 29 July 2009.
- ↑ ISRAEL - Heads of A'man, Mossad, & Shin Bet, The Literature of Intelligence, Muskingum University,via the Internet Archive, accessed 29 July 2009.
- ↑ Ira Chernus, Helping Israel on a False and Dangerous Course, CommonDreams.org, 28 June 2004.
- ↑ https://fr.timesofisrael.com/deces-damit-saar-haut-responsable-du-renseignement-militaire-a-47-ans/