'There’ve been more than a few reports suggesting that Israel’s foreign intelligence agency – the Mossad – hires Iranian dissidents to carry out sabotage and assassinations inside Iran.

But a study of fifty years of assassinations by the Mossad – including conversations with current and former operatives and those who work with them in countries friendly to Israel – yields the conclusion that the assassins inside Iran are Israelis.

The Mossad has a special operations unit – a kind of Mossad within the Mossad – called Kidon (the Hebrew word for bayonet), which has over the years developed unique methods for infiltrating enemy countries, and for murdering Israel’s enemies without leaving a trace.'

Read more: Inside Israel’s Super-Secret Intelligence Agency