A French periodical has revealed the location of a secret Israeli espionage center,
which ranks among the world’s largest and most significant.
The base, which intercepts information for the Israeli Spy Agency (Mossad) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
is placed near Kibbutz Urim not far from Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev desert,
which is in the south of Israel,
Israeli website Ynetnews said on Sunday,
detailing the report by the monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique.
The French publication said the Israel Army’s intelligence Unit 8200,
which is accommodated in the base,
cracks into email boxes and taps the phone conversations of
“governments,
international organizations,
foreign companies,
political groups
and individuals”
in the Middle East,
Asia,
Africa
and Europe.