John Ratcliffe's first official visit to the Jewish state since taking office comes amid U.S. attempts to revive negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, as well as with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In one of the most audacious acts of modern espionage, Israel's Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying thousands of booby-trapped pagers, turning the everyday devices into lethal weapons.

The explosive was so well hidden that even if suspicious terrorists would take the devices apart – which Israeli officials believe at least some of them did, even perhaps X-raying them – it wouldn’t be found.

Ahmadinejad claimed Mossad agents stole documents with nuclear secrets and killed Iranian nuclear scientists.

The IDF’s pre-emptive strike neutralized long-range rocket launchers that were set to target central Israel.

Although Hamas and Iran at first falsely claimed it was an aerial strike, the real story is more intriguing.

Mosab Hasan Yousef aka 'The Son of Hamas' is an ex-Hamas member turned Mossad agent who helped Israel catch dozens of high profile terrorists.

The summit came a day after Jerusalem reportedly delivered an updated ceasefire proposal to the United States.

Hamas demands the release of 350 Palestinian prisoners in return for 35 Israeli women, elderly men and ill hostages in the first phase of the deal.

Israel agreed to the current 6-week ceasefire and hostage release deal, but Hamas refused anything short of a permanent cessation in the IDF's military operations.

Mossad issued a warning that Iran has stepped up its plans to target Jews and Israelis globally.

"Any harm done to any Israeli or Jew in any way whatsoever, via proxy or Iranian alike, will elicit a response against the Iranians who dispatched the terrorists and the policymakers who authorized the terror units."

'There have been over 50 attempts in recent years, the majority of which already were on the verge of being executed before they were thwarted at the last minute,' said Israel's defense minister.

The Mossad will continue to take determined action to prevent attacks on Jews and Israelis around the world, the agency stated.

According to reports, 18 of the 20 survivors were also either active or former intelligence agents.

'The Mossad, together with its partners in the community, is working relentlessly to thwart intended Iranian attacks around the world.'

Turkey's government-affiliated Daily Sabah newspaper reported that the country's intelligence agency detained 44 suspects, arresting seven of them.

The Egyptian-born Cohen was recruited into the Mossad and sent to live among Syrian expatriates in Buenos Aires before moving to Damascus.

Israel has exposed Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program called Project Amad, which revealed that Tehran was developing five nuclear warheads as early as 2003.

The Iranian regime has earned a reputation for less than truthful announcements, touting fake aircraft, satellites that were duds, and even a shoddy contraption Tehran claimed detected corona.

Israel is taking the fight to Iranian soil according to a politician on the ground there.

Israel also concerned that Iran will retaliate against Jewish targets overseas, or through one of its proxies in Lebanon or Syria.

Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror explores the controversial subject in a new documentary.

Over the weekend, the Israeli media reported that the Mossad detained and interrogated an Iranian national who was plotting to kill an Israeli diplomat and a US general.

'There is a real concern that the copycat effect could lead to efforts to hit Israeli and Jewish targets around the world,' Kochavi said.

An Iraqi-Kurdish tycoon whose villa was destroyed in a ballistic missile strike denied any links to Israeli spies.

According to American and Iraqi security officials, the missiles hit the building directly, but no casualties were reported.

Most of the attacks were reportedly planned by Islamic State during last two years.

I appreciate that NCIS is a work of fiction, but surely there’s no room for discredited cliches and anti-Semitic tropes in any context, even fictitious television dramas. 

'The statement that Iran is in a better situation than it was in the past, in my opinion, based on the intelligence material that I read several months ago — this statement is not true."

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, father of Iran's nuclear program, was killed by a remotely operated sniper rifle assisted by artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times.

Burns met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Mossad director David Barnea and other senior officials, focusing specifically on the Iranian threat.

Iranian president acknowledges stolen archive damaged the Islamic Republic.

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told the Iranian Etemad newspaper that the attacks have been 'done by Mossad and no one has given a serious thought to the problem.'

Many senior Iranian officials are in on the plot, says Ali Younesi, who served under reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 2000-2005.

'Iran is in a constant state of advancing its plan to create weapons of mass destruction,' says David Barnea.

'Activity against the Iranian regime should be stepped up. Iran and its activities must be fought to the end,' said Yossi Cohen.

Haredim are signing up to work for the Mossad, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the police cyber units.

Kurds say a pro-Iranian media story claiming an attack on a 'Mossad base in Iraq' is fake news.

Calling the event 'nuclear terrorism,' Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head Ali Akbar Salehi says that Tehran reserves 'the right to take action against the perpetrators.'