The chief operations officer in Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency stepped down following the recent arrest of two Israelis in Cyprus on charges of spying. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported that Mossad head Efraim Halevy accepted the resignation of the official, identified only as “Yud,” the Hebrew initial of his name. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman declined to comment.
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