Unit 8200; A spy agency that became a legitimate target of the resistance

Mehr news agency, international international group: Arbaeen operation on Arbaeen day Hosseini was carried out by the Lebanese Hezbollah against targets in the occupied territories and in response to the assassination of Fouad Shakar, one of the commanders of the Lebanese Hezbollah. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon, in explaining the Arbaeen operation, stated that the 8,200 units were among the targets of this operation. This article briefly provides information about the nature of the 8200 unit, some of its actions, as well as resistance actions against it.

Brief Introduction to Unit 8200

Unit 8200 is a subsection of “Aman” (Israeli Military Intelligence Organization). This unit is responsible for the mission of eavesdropping, deciphering computer codes, war and cyber defense, creating all kinds of malware and everything that is possible in the field of espionage and gathering information or attacking other countries using technical equipment. It is said that the 8200 unit has about 5000 manpower. Most of the members of this organization are very young and usually 16 to 21 years old. Israeli Arabs are also present in the 8200 unit. Unit 8200 is the Israeli equivalent of the US National Security Agency (NSA). Unit 8200 is one of the three departments of the Military Intelligence Department. Units 8200, 9900 and 504 are the three main units that make up this department. Unit 8200 is the largest unit of this department and serves as the main information gathering unit for the Military Intelligence Department.

The name of this unit was changed several times. After the Yom Kippur War, the name of this unit was changed to its current name, Unit 8200. The main reason for the establishment of the 8200 unit was the intelligence failure of the Zionist regime regarding the Yom Kippur war of 1973. One day before the start of the 1973 war, Major General “Eli Zira”, the head of Aman at the time, gave an estimate to the leaders of the Zionist regime that the possibility of a war and an Arab attack on He assessed Israel as impossible. Following this big mistake, the Aman signal information collection unit was reconstructed for the third time, and as a result, the 8200 unit in Aman was formed.

Egan 8200 operation

According to Defense News, since 2003, thousands of people It has employed 8200 high school students. Those who have been recruited into the 8200 unit have been used to spread Zionist ideas and influence in the Arab world and to poison their culture and thoughts as well as to attack their moral and human and ideological values, and in fact this group has formed a cyber army. given to pursue specific goals in the virtual space. Currently, hundreds of members of Unit 8200 are spreading rumors, assassinating independent world leaders, creating religious and political conflicts, etc. The forces of Unit 8200, who are mainly specialists in the field of information technology, are working in the form of Zionist knowledge-based companies. After the end of the military service, the soldiers of this unit use their experiences in the field of creating private companies, and through the creation of these companies, they also provide services to the Zionist army.

One ​​of the actions carried out by the 8200 unit of the Zionist regime army is listening to conversations. Spy malware Pegasus was designed in this direction. In 2010, the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatic revealed that the 8200 unit has established a huge base in the southern desert of Israel called the Negev. This vast intelligence network is responsible for listening and monitoring phone calls, emails and the like, from anywhere in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and even Europe. Even ships in the sea are not beyond the reach of this base. Unit 8200 monitors all Israeli embassies in different countries of the world and uses the equipped jets of the American Gulf Stream company for its espionage operations. According to “Yossi Melman“, author, journalist and Israeli military-security expert no operation There is no information in Israel that Unit 8200 is not present in, and every military operation outside Israel is covered by Unit 8200. The role of the 8200 unit is to listen and warn internal forces about the existence of danger.

Some sources announced that the 8200 unit, which is on the borders of Syria to the areas overlooking Damascus, is conducting intelligence and he is spying, he was involved in the assassination of some Hezbollah commanders, especially martyr Haj “Imad Mughniyeh”. Israeli Arabs are present in this unit and depending on the operation areas, they must have the Arabic accent of that area.
Unit 8200 tried to Hizbollah’s computers are infiltrating and in many wars against Gaza, it also collects vital security information.

However, this organization has been criticized for not predicting and preventing the Al-Aqsa storm operation on October 7 last year. Al-Aqsa storm operation was the biggest intelligence failure of the Zionist regime. Critics claim that the Al-Aqsa storm occurred as a result of the “technological pride” of the 8200 unit, and this pride made them unable to foresee a large operation like the Al-Aqsa storm.

Egan 8200; One of the important objectives of the operations of the resistance forces

Despite this function and the position of the 8200 unit, but this unit, which is one of the most secret military and intelligence units of the Zionist army, has not remained away from the resistance. It was April 2018 when the Zionist regime targeted the positions of the Syrian army at the T-4 base near Homs with several missiles, which led to the martyrdom of several Iranian military advisers. It was in this base. A month after these attacks by the Zionist regime on the positions of the Syrian army, the positions of the Israeli army in the occupied Golan Heights were targeted by dozens of rockets. During this rocket attack, 10 important military targets were hit by these rockets, among them was one of the headquarters of the 8200 unit of the Israeli army. In March 2022, two advanced training centers belonging to the Mossad in Erbil were attacked by ballistic missiles of the Iranian Armed Forces. The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported that on December 31, 2023 and the night of the New AD, the headquarters of the 8200 service unit The intelligence of the Zionist regime in Erbil, Iraq, was targeted by a drone. According to this report, seven members of the 8200 unit of the intelligence service of the Zionist regime had gathered to celebrate the new year in the entertainment area of ​​Salah al-Din Erbil, when they were attacked. they took In this attack, 3 intelligence officers of the 8200 unit of the Zionist regime were killed and 4 others were injured.

In the Arbaeen operation that took place last Sunday in response to the criminal act of the Zionist regime in the assassination of Fouad Thanks to the Lebanese Hezbollah commanders, once again the 8200 unit was targeted by the Lebanese resistance forces. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon, said about the Arbaeen operation: “The unique military target in this operation is the Aman military intelligence base, unit 8200 in Gillot, which carries out many assassination operations, and the enemy’s air defense base in “Ain Shimia” among the targets It was military.” In fact, the resistance came to the conclusion that the 8200 unit plays an important role in the assassination of the resistance commanders and they should also target the units of this unit of the Zionist regime.

Conclusion

It should be said that the nature of the 8200 unit is espionage. This unit of the Zionist army, which was first established for spying in neighboring countries of the occupied territories, today also spies in other regions of the world. The Zionist regime also directs the cyber war through this unit. This unit of the Zionist army also plays a prominent role in assassinations. Despite its spying nature, it has been the target of resistance forces’ missiles several times. In the great Arbaeen operation, the 8200 unit was one of the targets of the Lebanese Hezbollah forces.

Seyd Razi Emadi, regional issues expert