Israel
Former head of Mossad, whose 1973 Yom Kippur war warning was ignored, dies aged 98
Zvi Zamir was in charge of the Israeli intelligence agency when Syria and Egypt attacked Israel on October 6, 1973
January 2, 2024 12:21
Zvi Zamir was in charge of the Israeli intelligence agency when Syria and Egypt attacked Israel on October 6, 1973
January 2, 2024 12:21A former head of Mossad, whose warning that Egypt and Syria were about to attack Israel in 1973 was largely ignored by the government, has died at the age of 98.
Zvi Zamir was in charge of Mossad when Syria and Egypt attacked Israel on October 6, 1973. This marked the start of the Yom Kippur War.
Prior to the invasion, a senior informant told Zamir, who led the Israeli intelligence agency from 1968 to 1974, that Cairo and Damascus were planning a surprise offensive.
However, Israeli officials treated this as a ruse and as a result the government failed to mount a full mobilisation in advance.
