---
category: "Military"
tags:
  - Person
  - Military
  - Israel
  - General
summary: "Major General Shlomo Gazit was the Director of Israeli Military Intelligence."
born: 1926-10-22
died: 2020-10-08
location: "Istanbul, Turkey"
---

Major General [[Shlomo Gazit]] was the Director of [[Mossad]]. He commended [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and other members of the [[Unit 8200]] Iranian desk after they successfully broke the [[Iran|Iranian]] diplomatic code.[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.