Eli David

Eli David (אלי דוד) was the Director of Mossad and also the father of former Mossad officer-turned-NCIS Special Agent Ziva David, double agent and terrorist Ari Haswari, and Tali David as well as the grandfather of Tali David-DiNozzo and also the ex-husband of Rivka David up until his death in January 2013.

In 2003 while serving as Deputy Director of Mossad, he was involved with interrogating personnel of the Galactic Empire captured by Israel during the Battle of Gratha. This included Captain Auler whose Star Destroyer the Persecutor had crashed on the surface of Gratha during the battle as Auler's escape pod was recovered by an Israeli ship. After a weapon that had been recovered from the Persecutor's wreckage was found in a Philadelphia pawn shop in 2031, Christopher Felth begins an inquiry into Auler's fate after a records search reveals that Auler had been last reported as being in Mossad custody with General Typher Marlion among those suggesting that Eli may have ordered Auler's execution based on what he had heard about Eli from Andros Khayman and Khayman's colleagues at NCIS. However, a video of Auler's interrogation by Eli showed that he was willing to hand Auler over to the United States if they asked as Israel, Great Britain, and the United States were sharing information obtained from Imperial prisoners after Auler informed Eli and Ziva that Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod had left orders for Death Star IV to destroy Gratha should the shield generator be destroyed which the U.S. had obtained from an Imperial Officer on the planet captured by Marcus Jacobs.

In 2008 after becoming Director of Mossad, Eli begins an operation to eliminate Somali terrorist Saleem Ulman which ended in 2009 with Ziva being captured by Ulman's men and Ulman being killed by NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs during a mission to rescue Ziva. In 2011, Eli turned intelligence over to the Remnant that had succeeded the Empire which was used by Admiral Firmus Piett to carry out a TIE Fighter attack on the remains of Ulman's cell after the cell had tried to kill then-Haddonfield Police Department Chief Michael Myers the year before. Eli like others was saddened to hear the news of the death of Bryan Khayman in 2010 at the hands of Darth Sidious.