Israeli media air footage of incoming Mossad chief fleeing during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
Israeli media outlets have released footage showing newly-appointed Mossad chief Roman Gofman withdrawing under fire during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023.
The video had been filmed at the Sha’ar HaNegev junction near the Sderot illegal settlement inside the so-called “Gaza Envelope,” on the occupied territories’ border with the Gaza Strip.
Re-broadcast on Monday, it captures Gofman firing his weapon during exchanges with the fighters before retreating from the area, while exposed to gunfire.
The operation saw resistance fighters venture deep into the territories, encircling military outposts, and taking hundreds of Zionists captive.
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It has been hailed as a long-overdue retaliation against Tel Aviv’s decades-long Western-backed occupation and aggression.
The regime responded by taking Gaza under a war of genocide that went on to claim the lives of more than 70,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounded over 171,000 others, besides wreaking unprecedented destruction on nearly the entire expanse of the territory.
The video, originally recorded on the day of the attack, resurfaced shortly after his appointment was announced.
According to Israeli reports, Gofman sustained injuries during the development and was transferred to the Barzilai Medical Center in the occupied city of Ashkelon, likewise located on the southern side of the occupied territories, for treatment.
At the time, he was a brigadier-general commanding the nearby Tze’elim base. He later became the military secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gofman, now a “major-general,” turned into a central figure across Israeli media coverage last week after Netanyahu named him the next director of the spy agency.
He is slated to succeed David Barnea when Barnea’s term concludes in June 2026. The prime minister’s office confirmed, as part of the appointment announcement, that Gofman had suffered “serious injuries” during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
The appointment has drawn criticism from within the Israeli regime. Senior officials have reportedly questioned Gofman’s level of intelligence experience, while the regime’s Channel 13 reported that the appointment could prompt resignations by the officials opposing it.
The nomination still requires approval from the regime’s advisory committee for senior appointments.
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