Editing Yitzhak Shamir (section)

==Mossad==
In the first years of Israel's independence, Shamir managed several commercial enterprises. In 1955, he joined [[Mossad]], serving until 1965. During his Mossad career, he directed [[Operation Damocles]], the assassinations of German rocket scientists working on the Egyptian missile programme.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/targeted-killings-a-retro-fashion-very-much-in-vogue-1.117714 |title= Targeted killings: A retro fashion very much in vogue |newspaper= [[Haaretz]] |first = Yossi |last=Melman |date=March 24, 2004}}</ref>

He ran a unit that placed agents in hostile countries, created the Mossad's division for planning and served on its General Staff.{{sfn |Golan |2011 |p = 147}}{{dubious|date=July 2012}}

Shamir resigned from the Mossad in protest over the treatment of Mossad Director-General [[Isser Harel]], who had been compelled to resign after Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion ordered an end to [[Operation Damocles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2004-03-24/ty-article/targeted-killings-a-retro-fashion-very-much-in-vogue/0000017f-e740-dc7e-adff-f7ed23970000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225533/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/targeted-killings-a-retro-fashion-very-much-in-vogue-1.117714|url-status=dead|title=Targeted Killings - a Retro Fashion Very Much in Vogue|archivedate=March 3, 2016|via=Haaretz}}</ref>