Roman Gofman Appointed as Next Mossad Chief:
Major General Roman Gofman has been appointed as the next director of Mossad, set to take over in June 2026. The decision, announced on December 5, 2025, by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reflects a bold and rare move—placing a career military officer without a traditional intelligence background at the helm of Israel’s most secretive agency.In 2024, he was appointed as military secretary to Prime Minister Netanyahu, a role that placed him at the heart of Israel’s strategic and operational decision-making.
