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{{Short description|Department within Israel's Mossad}} |
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|unit_name = Kidon |
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|native_name = כידון |
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|start_date =?– Present |
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|country = {{Flag|Israel}} |
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|allegiance=[[Mossad]] |
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|branch = [[Mossad]] |
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|type = [[Paramilitary]] |
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|size = Highly Classified |
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|command_structure =Metsada Department |
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|battles = [[Operation Wrath of God]] |
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| commander1 = [[David Barnea]] |
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| commander1_label = Director of Mossad |
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| commander2 = {{#statements:P1308|from=Q208487}} |
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| commander2_label = [[Prime Minister of Israel]] |
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}} |
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'''Kidon''' ({{lang-he|כידון}}, "bayonet", "javelin" or a "spear") is the elite unit within [[Israel]]'s [[Mossad]] that is allegedly responsible for planning and executing clandestine assassinations. |
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==Background== |
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Kidon is described by journalist [[Yaakov Katz (journalist)|Yaakov Katz]] as "an elite group of expert assassins who operate under the Caesarea branch. Not much is known about this mysterious unit, details of which are some of the most closely guarded secrets in the [[Israeli intelligence community]]." The unit only recruits among former soldiers from the elite [[Special forces of Israel#Sayeret|IDF special forces units]].<ref>''Israel Vs. Iran: The Shadow War'', Potomac Books, Inc, 2012, p. 91, By Yaakov Katz, Yoaz Hendel {{ISBN?}}</ref> |
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According to Israeli author [[Aaron J. Klein]], Kidon was known as Caesarea until a reorganization in the mid-1970s.<ref>Klein, Aaron J. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400064279#reader_1400064279 ''Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response'']. New York: Random House, 2005. {{ISBN|1-4000-6427-9}}. pp. 107 & 203.</ref> In present day, Kidon is a unit within the Caesarea department of the [[Mossad]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} |
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In addition to [[counter-terrorist]] operations, the Kidon unit can also operate in other capacities in order to assist the needs of the Mossad.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/yossi-melman-kidon-the-mossad-within-the-mossad-1.263600 |title=Kidon, the Mossad within the Mossad |last1=Melman |first1=Yossi |date=19 February 2010 |work=[[Haaretz]] |accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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All of [[Daniel Silva (novelist)|Daniel Silva]]'s "[[Gabriel Allon]]" novels reference this group. |
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Kidon is referenced numerous times in the 2001 novel ''[[Separation of Power]]'' by [[Vince Flynn]] as assassins working for the Israeli Mossad. |
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Kidon is referenced several times in the show ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''. Kidon is referred to in the ''NCIS'' season 6 episode "Legend (Part 2)" when they suspect a Mossad agent visiting the US is part of the Kidon group. In the last episode of the same season, "Aliyah", [[Ziva David]]'s boyfriend Michael Rivkin is stated to have been a Kidon member. Ziva is shown to be a part of Kidon as well. The director of Mossad, Eli David, Ziva's father, has referred to his daughter as the "sharp end of the spear". |
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Kidon is also referred to in the ''[[Covert Affairs]]'' season 1 episode "No Quarter". The protagonist Annie Walker is forced to cooperate with ex-Kidon-turned-Mossad-agent Eyal Lavin when an intelligence exchange in Switzerland is compromised. |
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In the 2012 [[Chris Ryan]] novel ''Killing for the Company'' SAS operatives Chet Freeman and Luke Mercer come head-to-head with a Kidon operative gone rogue. |
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In season 2 of the Israeli TV drama ''[[Hatufim]]'', a Kidon operative figures heavily in a plot to assassinate a terrorist leader in Syria. |
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On October 10, 2013, the comedic film ''[[Kidon (film)|Kidon]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2991008/|title=Kidon (2013)|author=Nozz|date=24 October 2013|work=IMDb}}</ref> was released starring [[Tomer Sisley]], [[Kev Adams]], and [[Bar Refaeli]], and written and directed by [[Emmanuel Naccache]]. The movie features the [[Assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh|assassination]] of [[Mahmoud al-Mabhouh]] as told from the perspective of the Mossad. |
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[[John Grisham]] features the Kidon in his novel ''[[The Broker]]'' as a specialized team of Mossad assassins out to kill the novel's protagonist "Marco". |
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Kidon is referenced numerous times in the 2013 novel ''The Enemy'', by Tom Wood. |
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Episode 1, "The Empty Chair"<ref name="sundance.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.tv/series/the-honorable-woman/blog/2014/07/the-honorable-woman-recap-episode-1-the-empty-chair|title='The Honorable Woman' Recap: Episode 1 (The Empty Chair) |work=www.sundance.tv}}</ref> of the [[BBC2]]/[[SundanceTV]]<ref name="sundance.tv"/> 2014 political thriller, ''[[The Honourable Woman]]'' mentions the Kidon when the character Sir Hugh Haden-Hoyle, fictional head of [[MI6]]'s Middle East desk, is asking who may have assassinated a prominent [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] businessman. |
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Kidon is referenced in Book 6 ''Our Sacred Honor''<ref>Mars, Jack. [https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B06XSQPQYM ''Our Sacred Honor (A Luke Stone Thriller – Book 6)'']. Jack Mars, 2017. {{ISBN|1640290389}}.</ref> of the ''Luke Stone'' series by author Jack Mars. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Duvdevan Unit]]{{snd}}Israel's undercover strike unit |
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* [[Israeli targeted killings]] |
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* [[Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)|Aman]]{{snd}}Israel's military intelligence agency |
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* [[Selective assassination]] |
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* [[Shin Bet]]{{snd}}Israel's homeland security/counter intelligence agency |
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* [[Special Activities Division]]{{snd}}a CIA organization |
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* [[Special Group (India)]] |
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* [[Action Division]]{{snd}}Part of French DGSE |
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* [[E Squadron]]{{snd}} a MI6 organisation |
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==Notes== |
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<references/> |
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==References== |
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* [[Eric Frattini|Frattini, Eric]]. ''Mossad, los verdugos del Kidon''. Madrid: Atanor Ediciones, 2011. {{ISBN|978-84-938718-6-4}}. |
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* [[Victor Ostrovsky|Ostrovsky, Victor]]. ''[[By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer]]''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-9717595-0-2}}. |
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* Thomas, Gordon. ''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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{{Israeli Intelligence Community}} |
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[[Category:Mossad]] |
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[[Category:Non-military counterterrorist organizations]] |
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