Famous Cases

Interrogation of a Gaza Strip-based PIJ activist who was operated by the Iranian Intelligence and Hizballah in LebanonInterrogation of a Gaza Strip-based PIJ activist who was operated by the Iranian Intelligence and Hizballah in Lebanon
In March 1996, Hassan Khawaja was arrested at Rafah Crossing when returning from abroad. Khawaja was born in 1968, a doctor, and a resident of Shati Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. Khawaja was arrested due to indications suggesting he was recruited abroad and was assigned terror tasks. It should be mentioned that Hassan's brother, Mahmoud Khawaja was the military leader of Gaza Strip-based PIJ until his death in June 1995.
                
Arrest of Hamas Activists who have Undergone Training (1995-1998) in Iran, Designated to Serve as Future Military CommandersArrest of Hamas Activists who have Undergone Training (1995-1998) in Iran, Designated to Serve as Future Military Commanders
Ismail Jaabari and Mohammad Halef, two Gaza-Strip Hamas activists, were detained for ISA interrogation in March-April 1999 upon their return from abroad, due to information indicating they have been sent by Hamas for military training in Iran. Another activist, Khaled Harazalla, from Yabed village in the Jenin area, who was detained (Oct. 1998) upon returning from abroad but eventually released, was detained once again as a result of the interrogation of the above two.
                
Exposing a Hamas Cell Specializing in Sophisticated Explosive Devices (1998)Exposing a Hamas Cell Specializing in Sophisticated Explosive Devices (1998)
In October 1998 ISA uncovered a Hamas cell from Jerusalem, whose two leaders had been trained as explosive experts, and specialized in executing attacks through explosive devices operated by remote controls and suspension devices, as well as booby-trapping video tapes with explosive charges.
                
Shimon Levinson (Lavi) AffairShimon Levinson (Lavi) Affair
In April 1983, Mr. Levinson entered the Soviet Union's embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, and offered his assistance to the Russians. He was recruited and operated by the Soviet intelligence agency and secret police, the KGB, until his arrest in May 1991.
                
Rasko - Operating a Double Agent vis à vis the Romanian IntelligenceRasko - Operating a Double Agent vis à vis the Romanian Intelligence
In the summer of 1958, a new immigrant from Romania arrived at a government office and informed the clerk that he arrived to Israel under cover as a Romanian Intelligence agent with different espionage missions to carry out, and asked to meet a security official. He immigrated to Israel with his family only a few days earlier.
                
The E.S. Case – A Romanian Spy Operating in Israel under the Cover of a New Immigrant (1958-1965)The E.S. Case – A Romanian Spy Operating in Israel under the Cover of a New Immigrant (1958-1965)
One of the major methods of the Eastern block to infiltrate agents into Israel was under the cover of newcomers. Generally, an immigrant movement offers a convenient opportunity for secret services to infiltrate agents into a country, and Israel, being a country absorbing immigrants is ideal for that purpose.
                
The Kastner Affair (1957)The Kastner Affair (1957)
Israel (Rudolf) Kastner, a leader of the Jewish community in Hungary during the Holocaust served in the beginning of the 50s as the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry after immigrating to Israel. In the summer of 1952, Malchiel Gruenwald, a Hungarian elderly from Jerusalem, published pamphlets accusing Kastner for being a Nazi collaborator in the extermination of Hungarian Jews, a plunderer of Jewish property, and a supporter of a Nazi war criminal after the war. The pamphlets called for Kastner's assassination.
                
Exposure of FatahExposure of Fatah's Large Weapon Dead Drop (1978-1980)
In 1978-1980, ISA conducted a complex Intelligence operation in the Gaza Strip that exposed about half a ton of weaponry. The ammunition dump was concealed by Fatah in a Dead Drop1 (DD) in Gaza city and was the largest quantity of ammunition and weaponry seized in one DD, belonging to a terrorist organization within the Territories.
                
Exposure of a Jewish-Arab Espionage and Terror Network (1972)Exposure of a Jewish-Arab Espionage and Terror Network (1972)
On December 7, 1972 the media released an announcement from the spokesman for the Israeli Police, Northern region: “The security establishment exposed and arrested a covert organization, operating in the northern and central part of the country on behalf of Syria. This organization included Arabs, most of whom were from the northern part of the country as well as Jews with extreme left wing views. Some of the members in the organization were spying against Israel and the organization was preparing for sabotage operations in Israel.
                
Anne-Marie Murphy Case (1986)Anne-Marie Murphy Case (1986)
On Thursday, April 17, 1986, at the Heathrow International Airport in London, El Al security agents thwarted an attempt to blow up an El Al plane in mid-air. The plane, a Boeing 747, flight no. 016 on the New York – London – Tel Aviv route, was preparing to depart with 395 passengers and crew
                
Capuchi Case (1974)Capuchi Case (1974)
In May 1974, three Katyusha rockets were discovered near the Armon Ha-Natziv neighborhood southern Jerusalem, aimed and ready for deployment toward the center of the city. The day before, an explosive charge composed of three bazooka bombs had been discovered in Jerusalem.
                
Yisrael Bar (1961)Yisrael Bar (1961)
On March 31, 1961, Yisrael Bar, a senior employee in the Ministry of Defense, was arrested under suspicion of espionage for the USSR. Yisrael Bar, a former lieutenant colonel in the IDF, was a well known military commentator and an expert on military history, and was employed in a civilian job in the Ministry of Defense to write a book on the history of the War of Independence.