Mossad

<p>The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations , popularly known as Mossad (<a href="/facts/British_English/ymJR5Rnd">UK</a>: /ˈmɒsæd/ MOSS-ad, <a href="/facts/American_English/sdAfgPgM">US</a>: /moʊˈsɑːd/ moh-SAHD), is the national intelligence agency of the <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">State of Israel</a>. It is one of the main entities in the <a href="/facts/Israeli_Intelligence_Community/h6oX9ac9">Israeli Intelligence Community</a>, along with <a href="/facts/Military_Intelligence_Directorate_(Israel)/sg7f1nem">Aman</a> (military intelligence) and <a href="/facts/Shin_Bet/mbyGTx3z">Shin Bet</a> (internal security).
</p><p>Mossad is responsible for <a href="/facts/Intelligence_assessment/FsILyU4n">intelligence collection</a>, <a href="/facts/Covert_operation/vGjVndcb">covert operations</a>, and <a href="/facts/Counterterrorism/XSzTcfND">counter-terrorism</a>. Its director answers directly and only to the <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Israel/NcrzDyr9">prime minister</a>. Its annual budget is estimated to be around <a href="/facts/New_Israeli_shekel/Hol5YlGv">₪</a>10 billion (US$2.73 billion), and it is estimated that it employs around 7,000 people, making it one of the world's largest espionage agencies. The organization is alleged to have been involved with many <a href="/facts/Assassination/hgoazwWn">assassination</a> plots across a variety of locations.
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