Brigadier General Amit Saar, 43, known as the "National Assessor of the State of Israel", took up his position as Head of the Research Division of the IDF Intelligence Division in October 2020, after busy years as an intelligence officer in the Southern Command. 

Since entering, the pace of operational activity in the various arenas has increased significantly; On average, every week and a half, a storm commander from the pit in the city on secret and special operations throughout the Middle East. 

Saar moves around the clock between discussions led by the prime minister, telephone cuts with the heads of the defense establishment and the security cabinet, through events in Beirut, Damascus and Baghdad to the progress of the Iranian nuclear project. 

In the intelligence community, he is known for striving for friction with Israel's enemies, far from the borders of the state, and as someone who promotes intelligence that enables covert operations.

What is most important all in your tasks?

"Warning is first and foremost. It is the commandment with which we get up in the morning and the basis for strategic understanding. I deal with warnings every day. We become more complex to warn."

Throughout the conversation, he talks about the cooperation within the Armed Forces, between the Armed Forces and the other units in the IDF, and is proud to place soldiers and officers in significant positions in the Shin Bet and the Mossad. "Not on loan but in joint bodies," he stressed. "We have a new body that works in collaboration with the GSS," he revealed. "This is an event that did not exist before. "In the GSS and the Mossad, there are very talented people, and in every cooperation you discover something positive. This is the way to fight "conceptions".