Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)

The former symbol of the Intelligence Division (which was in use until 2002), as it appeared on the unit badge worn by the soldiers who served in the AMN

The Intelligence Division (Hebrew אגף המודיעין abbreviated as: Hebrew אמ"ן | AMN) of Israel Defense Forces is part of the [[|he|קהילת_המודיעין_הישראלית|Israeli intelligence community]], responsible for collecting and analyzing military intelligence. The Intelligence Division operates in coordination and integration with the other intelligence services according to the definition of their mission. The Intelligence Division is responsible for providing warnings against war and against acts of hostility and terrorism, for [[|evaluating national intelligence|he|הערכת_מודיעין]] on the military and political level, for providing ongoing military intelligence and its distribution, for [[|he|ביטחון_מידע|information security]], and for counterintelligence in the IDF.

Engagements

• Iraq war
• The Yom Kippur War
• Libya's nuclear program
• A surprise attack on Israel
• Assassination of Mohammad Reza Zahedi
• Iranian attack on Israel

Related pages

• The Defense Intelligence Agency, the American equivalent.
• Modi'in Hagana, the British equivalent.
• The main administration of the Russian General Staff, the Russian equivalent.
• Redwan Force

Other websites

• GlobalSecurity.org on Aman (1996)
• "Israeli Intelligence in the 1967 War," By Doron Geller, JUICE, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Education Dept.
• "Israeli Intelligence and the Yom Kippur War of 1973," By Doron Geller, JUICE, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Education Dept.
• The "Yom Kippur War: the IDF version," by Amir Oren, for Haaretz
• "Intelligence service under scrutiny," by Dan Baron, for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency