“According to prosecutors, August Hanning, who once headed Germany’s domestic intelligence service, allegedly approached Peri, now owner of the Israeli consulting firm CGI Group, to organize a team of Israeli operatives for the abduction. The team allegedly assaulted Hänsel, kidnapped the children, smuggled them into Germany, and handed them over to Block. A Danish court later ordered her to return the children to their father.
Hänsel testified that Hanning also recruited Yatom, who led the Mossad in the late 1990s. Yatom, speaking in a television interview several weeks ago, acknowledged knowing Hanning from the era when Helmut Kohl was Germany’s chancellor but denied any connection to the case. “I have no connection to this case. It’s simply a waste of time,” he said.
— @lrozen Oct 6, 2026
