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A '''Katsa''' is a field ] officer of the ],<ref>{{cite news |title=Mossad's licence to kill |date=17 February 2010 |work=] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7254807/Mossads-licence-to-kill.html }}</ref> the national ] of ]. A katsa collects information and runs agents, similar to a ] of the ].

==Operation==

The word ''katsa'' is a Hebrew acronym for ''Ktsin Issuf'', meaning "Collections Officer." There are typically 30–40 katsas at a time, operating around the world, mainly in ].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Mossad Katsas often utilise Sayanim, singular, Sayan,({{lang-he|סייענים}}, lit. ''Helpers, Assistants'') for their operations. The concept of Sayanim was started by ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |date=19 November 2015 |title=Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0330375375}}</ref> They are recruited to provide logistical support for Mossad operations. A car Sayan running a rental
agency, for instance, could help Mossad agents rent a car without the usual documentation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |date=17 February 2010 |title=Mossad's licence to kill |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7254807/Mossads-licence-to-kill.html |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kahana |first=Ephraim |author-link= |date=19 April 2006 |title=Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence (Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence) |url= |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press; Illustrated edition |page=244 |isbn=978-0810855816}}</ref> Sayanim are often non-Israeli citizens but have full loyalty to the state of Israel and can be a dual national.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Richelson |first1=Jeffrey T. |date=15 February 2007 |title=The Mossad Imagined: The Israeli Secret Service in Film and Fiction |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08850600600889431?mobileUi=0&journalCode=ujic20 |journal=International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=138 |doi= 10.1080/08850600600889431|s2cid=154278415 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The article about Mossad *in film and fiction* doesn't seem to be an appropriate source|date=January 2021}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Dajani |first=Jamal |date=6 December 2017 |title=Mossad's Little Helpers |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mossads-little-helpers_b_487173 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Huffpost contributors are unreliable per Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#HuffPost_contributors|date=January 2021}} The usage of Sayanim allows the Mossad to operate with a slim budget yet conduct vast operations worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hallel |first=Amir |date=1 October 2004 |title=At home with the Mossad men |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/at-home-with-the-mossad-men/DUYRY353K67IPSLKMGKSNBJVTI/ |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> The support that Sayanim provide is unpaid.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=What if they are innocent? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/17/lockerbie |work=The Guardian |date=17 April 2009 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

==Organization==
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Katsas are organized under the Mossad Head of Operations, in a division known as ''Tsomet'' (intersection) or ''Melucha'' (kingdom). They are further split into three geographic branches:
*Israelis Branch: Includes the ], ], ], and the 'jumper' katsas who move between operations.
*Branch B: Covers ], ], and ].
*Branch C: Covers ], ], ], and ].

==Training==
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In searching for candidates, the Mossad administers a variety of ], as well as assessing their own current needs. If selected, a candidate must go through and pass the Mossad training academy, the ''Midrasha'', located near the town of ]. The Mossad academy is the official summer residence of the Israeli Prime Minister. There they are taught the ] of intelligence gathering for approximately three years. The main priority of training is to teach katsas how to find, recruit, and cultivate agents, including how to clandestinely communicate with them. They also learn how to avoid being the subject of foreign ], by avoiding car and foot ], by killing, and by preventing foreign agents from creating 'traps' at meetings. Once training is completed, trainees will spend an apprenticeship period working on varying projects before becoming full-fledged katsas.

==Known and possible katsas==
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*]: The author of '']'', which describes how he worked as a katsa for five years.
*]: developed close relationships with the political and military hierarchy of Syria during the early 60s and was later executed.
*]: Led a group of Mossad officers who mistakenly killed an innocent ] in the ] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://israelspy.com/mossad-hit-teams-big-mistake-40-years-ago-wrong-man-killed-in-norway-new-reflections/|title=Mossad Hit Team's Big Mistake: 40 Years Ago, Wrong Man Killed in Norway — New Reflections|last=|first=|date=July 1, 2013|website=|access-date=}}</ref>
**Mossad officers also involved in Lillehammer affair:
**]
**] a.k.a. Leslie Orbaum
**]
**Michael Dorf
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**] a.k.a. Patricia Lesley Roxburgh
**] a.k.a. Ghost
*]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21679710-israels-new-spy-chief-will-also-need-be-diplomat-what-new-boss-mossad|title=What the new boss of Mossad means for Israeli foreign policy|website=The Economist|access-date=2017-05-06}}</ref>
==In culture==
*In the debut thriller of JD Wallace, SILENT CATS: Deadly Dance, Mr. Wallace writes about the true story relationship of a CIA psychological operations officer and a Mossad Kidon Katsa. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Wallace|first=JD|date=|title=SILENT CATS: Deadly Dance|url=https://www.silentcats.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Books: SILENT CATS}}</ref>

==References==
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*Thomas, Gordon. Martin, Dillon. ''Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul''. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002. {{ISBN|0-7867-1295-3}}

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