The Iraqi ship docked in Kuwait to find... empty containers. The steel was sitting in an Israeli warehouse. The Iraqis never figured out where the ship went for those "lost" 72 hours.
What’s interesting isn't the violence—it’s the aftermath . Unlike James Bond, who quips and moves on, Thomas describes how these women often suffered severe psychological fractures. One operative retired to a kibbutz and refused to ever touch a weapon again, haunted by the sound of a target's child crying. The Mossad’s secret history isn't just about victory; it’s about the ghosts that follow the victors. Everyone knows about Entebbe. But Gideon’s Spies details a heist that makes Ocean’s Eleven look like a traffic stop. The Iraqi ship docked in Kuwait to find
Thomas, who had unprecedented access to Mossad operatives (provided they were dead or their covers were blown), paints a picture of an organization that isn’t just Israel’s shield. It is its Swiss Army knife of survival. The Iraqis never figured out where the ship
Here are three of the most jaw-dropping realities from the book that Hollywood won’t tell you. We all know the story of how Mossad captured Adolf Eichmann in 1960. But Gideon’s Spies reveals the human cost of the spies who made it possible. One operative retired to a kibbutz and refused
Take the case of . He wasn't a saboteur with a laser watch. He was a former German soldier turned Israeli spy who posed as a wealthy, horse-breeding playboy in Egypt. His intelligence on Soviet missiles being shipped to Nasser was invaluable.
After digging into —often called the most authoritative journalistic account of the agency—you realize the truth is far stranger, scarier, and more fascinating than any thriller.
In the 1980s, Iraq was building a "supergun" (Project Babylon) to launch satellites—or shells at Tel Aviv. The British engineer, Gerald Bull, was untouchable. So Mossad improvised.