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| {{Short description|Field intelligence officer of the Mossad}} | |||
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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 ]. The word ''katsa'' is a Hebrew acronym for {{lang-he|קצין איסוף|ktsin issuf}}, "intelligence officer", literally "gathering officer". A katsa collects information and runs agents, similar to a ] of the ]. | |||
| ==Operation== | |||
| 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 |year=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= |year=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> | |||
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