Major-General Meir Amit. Major-General Meir Amit, who died on July 17 aged 88, was a leading figure in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and, between 1963 and 1968, head of Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence service. In: Daily Telegraph. 22. Juli 2009, abgerufen am 16. August 2012 (Nachruf).