I highly recommend the Gabriel Allon series of books by author Daniel Silva. Allon was modeled after one of the Mossad team whose cover was as a painter. In the book he’s a gifted art restorer and assassin often called back in to the field (after being part of the Munich Mossad team). His mentor and handler is based on this gentleman in the article and credited for bringing Eichmann in. The books are very well written—and very interesting for those who admire the work of Mossad. I thought the Dubai assassination last year was fascinating in the intricacy in which it was carried out.
My favorite part was the trainees being told to be standing on a high-story balcony in an apartment building within a certain amount of time, with a glass of water in hand. Break-ins and such of course ensued. That's not what the Mossad wants, they want deception, finesse. The author said he knocked on the door and portrayed himself as being from the traffic agency, which was planning to put traffic cameras on her building to monitor traffic flows. Those hosting the cameras would be paid a nominal fee of course. She let him in, he went to the balcony to supposedly check the view of the traffic, and asked for a glass of water while he was there.
That's why the Mossad is effective. They train their agents to think, and how to leverage people to their own ends. Master manipulators. Unfortunately, that's resulted in more than one successful spying operation against us.