Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)
Israeli intelligence agency
The Military Intelligence Directorate (Hebrew: אגף המודיעין, romanized: Agaf ha-Modi'in, lit. 'Intelligence Division'), often abbreviated to Aman (אמ״ן), is the central, overarching military intelligence body of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Aman was created in 1950, when the Intelligence Department was spun off from the IDF's General Staff. The Intelligence Department was composed largely of former members of the Haganah Intelligence Service. Aman is an independent service, and not part of the Ground Forces, Navy or the Air Force.
It is one of the main entities and the largest component of the Israeli intelligence community, along with Mossad and Shin Bet. It includes the cyberwarfare branch Unit 8200, the human intelligence Unit 504, the secret technology Unit 81, and the training course Havatzalot Program. Its special operations are conducted by the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Matkal).
Roles and jurisdiction
The IDF's Intelligence Corps (חיל המודיעין), abbreviated as Haman (חמ״ן) and headed by a brigadier general, has been detached from Aman since the Yom Kippur War, but remains under its jurisdiction.
In April 2000, the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps (חיל מודיעין השדה) was founded. Abbreviated as Modash (מוד״ש), it is the newest IDF corps, and the IDF's fifth land corps.
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