03 — DIRECTOR
Yitzhak Hofi
Yitzhak Hofi directed the Mossad from 1974 to 1982. The encyclopedia's director record places his term across the post-1973 reordering of Israeli intelligence and the regional wars of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Documented events of the period include the 1976 Entebbe rescue and the 1981 Osirak strike context.
Evidence Assessment
Tenure dates (1974–1982) and the occurrence of the Entebbe rescue and Osirak strike within the period.
Specific operational direction during the term is not established by the public preview material.
Key Facts
- Role:
- Director of the Mossad
- Term:
- 1974–1982
- Predecessor:
- Zvi Zamir
- Successor:
- Nahum Admoni (1982)
- Period events:
- Entebbe rescue (1976); Osirak strike context (1981)
Post-1973 reordering
Hofi's term followed the 1973 warning failure and its institutional aftermath, including the Agranat Commission's documented inquiry. The encyclopedia treats this era as one of reorganization in response to the failures of 1973.
Entebbe (1976)
The chronology records the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue as an Israeli military operation carried out with intelligence support. It is listed here as a documented event of the period, not as a claim about personal direction.
The 1981 Osirak context
The A–Z records the 1981 strike on Iraq's Osirak reactor as a documented military strike whose intelligence roles are only partly public. It falls within Hofi's term on the public record.
Related entries
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Sources
- Mossad Encyclopedia director record
- Field note: Fourteen Directors, One Institution
- Chronology, 1976