Yitzhak Hofi
Yitzhak Hofi | |
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Service branch | Haganah, Palmach, Israel Defense Forces, Mossad |
Service years | 1944–1948 (Haganah and Palmach) 1948–1974 (IDF) 1974–1982 (Mossad) |
Rank | Aluf |
Yitzhak Hofi (Hebrew: יצחק חופי; 25 January 1927 – 15 September 2014) was a member of the Palmach, IDF General, chief of the Northern Command (Israel), and director of the Mossad.[1]
Life
Hofi was born in
In July 1976, Hofi lobbied strongly for a rescue mission to be mounted to save the large number of
During his tenure as Director of the Mossad, Israel carried out Operation Opera, a surprise Israeli attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor in Osirak.[3] In addition, the Mossad under his command assassinated a number of Palestinian terrorists, including Ali Hassan Salameh, chief of operations for the Black September Organization.[4]
After retiring from the Mossad in 1982, Hofi served as director of the Israel Electric Corporation until 1990.[5]
He died on 15 September 2014.[5][3]
References
- ^ Makovsky, David; Olivia, Holt-Ivry (23 May 2012). "Command and Control". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ Rabinovich, Abraham (24 September 2014). "Major General Yitzhak Hofi: Soldier whose gloomy assessments helped win the Yom Kippur War and who went on to serve as head of Mossad". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ a b Morello, Carol (September 17, 2014). "Yitzhak Hofi, Israeli spy chief who helped in episodes of war and peace, dies at 87". The Washington Post.
- ^ Carol, Morello (19 September 2014). "Yitzhak Hofi, 87; Israeli general had key role in Entebbe raid". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b Lappin, Yaakov (September 15, 2014). "Former Mossad director Yitzhak Hofi dies at 87". The Jerusalem Post.
Further reading
- Black, Ian. Morris, Benny. Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services. New York: Grove Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8021-1159-9, 322 p.
- Central Intelligence Agency. "Israel. Foreign Intelligence and Security Services, 1979". Included in the volume "Documents from the US Espionage Den", Tehran, 1982.