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Israel Security Prize Recipients Honored for Innovation and Daring
(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross - President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday awarded Israel's top security prize to those who contributed in the past year to the country's protection. Recipients included the Mossad agents behind the operation to steal Iran's nuclear archive and the IDF teams that located and destroyed six cross-border attack tunnels dug by Hizbullah from Lebanon into Israel. An Israel Security Agency team led by a female agent received the award for the development of a big data program that is used to predict and prevent terror attacks. "Many dozens of attempted terror attacks were stopped, hundreds of terrorists were arrested and a large number of significant terror attacks were prevented, including suicide bombings, explosive attacks and car bombs that were meant to be carried out against populations within Israel," the ISA said. "The system even allowed the ISA to find and stop a number of armed terrorists who were en route to carry out attacks." Another recipient was the team that created an advanced version of the SPICE (Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective) air-to-surface bomb. "The four winning projects successfully address significant strategic threats to the State of Israel, and are characterized by their innovative, daring approach and superior operational capabilities," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.