The entire matter is veiled in a cloak of secrecy but according to a Yediot Achronot report, two �young attractive female Mossad Intelligence Agency agents� are hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital in the center of the country in a psychotic state. The report stresses they are �young and attractive� due to the fact the hospital personnel apparently were surprised to learn of their professional status. It also reports there is a third agent, who is assigned to remain with the two at all times, not to protect them from harm but to ensure that they do not divulge state secrets as a result of their compromised mental capacity.

The report adds that �Experts have learned that in all likelihood, the nature of their work has led to their current mental condition�, namely their psychosis.�

Responding to the report on behalf of the Mossad, the Prime Minister�s Office released a statement that it does not reveal information pertaining to Mossad operations.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)