After leaving Iran, Tsafrir served for three years in Latin America, where he worked on tracking Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele and strengthening security for Jewish communities. From 1983-1984, he served as Mossad station chief in Beirut, during Israel’s alliance with the Christian Lebanese Forces and the early emergence of Hezbollah. His final appointment was as an adviser on counterterrorism to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Tsafrir retired from the Mossad in 1992.
In retirement, Tsafrir published three books on his intelligence career and gave extensive interviews to Israeli media. He continued advising senior Israeli officials on into his later years. His assessments in particular, grew more foreboding with time. In interviews as late as 2023, he said he continued advising senior Israeli figures. Some of his predictions would later be cited during the brief but intense Israel 12-day war last June.
