What killed an Israeli spy in 1965
2022.12.12 07:47
What killed an Israeli spy in 1965
Budrigannews.com – On Monday, Israel attempted to put an end to a debate that had been going on for decades about one of its most famous spies, Eli Cohen. It claimed that Cohen’s capture and execution in Syria were the result of successful counterintelligence, not lack of professionalism.
Mossad hired Cohen, a Jewish Egyptian immigrant to Israel, and sent him covertly to Damascus, where he worked from 1961 to 1965.
He was able to pass on information that Israel claims was crucial to the defeat of Syrian forces in the 1967 Middle East war before he was arrested. Netflix (NASDAQ:) published a 2019 article about his story. dramatisation.
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Mossad director David Barnea said at the opening of a museum dedicated to Cohen in Herzliya, a coastal city, that a recent investigation had found that the spy was caught “only because his transmissions were intercepted by the enemy.” Basically captured and followed”.
According to a transcript of the event, Barnea stated, “This is now an intelligence fact,” rejecting theories that Cohen had tipped off the Syrians by sending too many messages, possibly under pressure from his handlers, or ignoring instructions.
The final cable that Cohen sent on the day of his capture in January 1965, reporting a meeting of the Syrian high command, is one of the exhibits in the new museum. Cohen was hanged in Damascus later that year after being found guilty of espionage.
Syria has refused to return Cohen’s body because it is still at war with Israel.
