Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityIsrael's deputy spy chief, identified only as A., is said to have helped persuade Netanyahu and the Trump administration that the Mossad could help topple Iran's regime. The agency said his dismissal was part of an effort to reshape its senior leadership teamShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:24 AM • June 07 2026 IDTNew Mossad chief Roman Gofman has informed his deputy, identified only as A., that he is being removed from the agency and will be replaced by a new deputy selected from within its ranks.CommentsIn the NewsNew Mossad Chief Fires Deputy Tied to Netanyahu Who Promoted Gaza Transfer PlansU.S. Mulls Using Iran Assets to Fund Gulf States' Post-war Repairs, Source Says'We Will Enlist and Die' vs 'We Will Die and Not Enlist'After Bondi, the Australian Left Must Accept the Jewish Community Just as It IsThey Shoot Babies: IDF Jargon Masks a Child's KillingRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New York'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic FailureHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base