What You Didn't Know about Israel's New Mossad Chief | GRAPHIC FOOTAGE
Roman Gofman is the hero no one saw coming, with first hand experience of fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7th.
Dramatic security-camera footage from the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre has resurfaced, showing Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, Israel’s next Mossad director, fighting terrorists at the Sha’ar Hanegev junction near Sderot with no body armor, no helmet, and no backup unit.
At the time a Brigadier General and commander of the IDF Ground Forces Training Center at Tze’elim, Gofman rushed south from his home in Ashdod as soon as reports of the attack reached him. Arriving alone at the junction, he immediately engaged armed Hamas gunmen, armed solely with his personal pistol.
The raw video captures Gofman charging forward under fire, exchanging shots with the terrorists and striking several of them before he was hit in the leg. He continued fighting until he was evacuated from the scene. Gofman was the highest-ranking IDF officer wounded in direct combat on October 7.
A United Hatzalah paramedic who treated him on site later said he was proud to have helped save “such a man.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu selected Gofman to lead the Mossad. His appointment was formally approved on Sunday, and he is scheduled to take office in June 2026, succeeding current director David Barnea.
The footage, first broadcast by Israeli media (Channel 13, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel) when his nomination was announced in December 2025, has gone viral again following the final confirmation of his appointment, a powerful reminder of extraordinary bravery from one of Israel’s top security leaders on the deadliest day in the country’s history.