The Israeli Mossad appointed a woman as deputy chief of the intelligence agency that handles operations against Iran.
The new official joins another woman, who is in charge of the information collection and analysis department, with Iran being one of the main targets.
With that, the Mossad has now tasked women with leading the battle against Iran.
The agency currently runs Israeli operations against Tehran, including collecting intelligence, carrying out assassinations and strikes that the foreign media largely attributes to Israel.
A recent report revealed that women make up 40 percent of the Mossad.
The Mossad issued a statement, for the first time in its history, to announce the appointments.
It did not reveal the name of the two women, but referred to them with the first letter of their first names.
A., took up her role recently as head of the Mossad’s Intelligence Department, which is equal to the level of the head of Military Intelligence in the Israeli army, reported the Jerusalem Post.
She will be tasked with the formation of the strategic intelligence picture at the national level on a series of topics, including the Iranian nuclear threat, global terrorism and normalization with the Arab world.
The second woman, K., was appointed to head the Iran Department.
She is responsible for the organization’s “strategy against the Iranian threat in all its forms” and for coordinating between the operational, technological and intelligence branches of the Mossad in conjunction with the army and other relevant security branches, the statement said.
The Mossad’s Intelligence Department, currently managed by two women, A. and her deputy, H., is considered one of the organization’s core anchors and growth engines, added the Post.
Mossad chief David Barnea welcomed the move, saying, “as soon as one enters the gates of the organization, there is complete equality between men and women. Many women serve in all roles in operations, as agents and operators of agents, and are integrated into the core of operations and intelligence, with talent, professionalism and energy.”
