He died Rafi Eitan, the Israeli who had ordered the capture of Adolf Eichman in Argentina – 23/03/2019

The agent who commissioned the complex operation that resulted in the arrest in Argentina of the Nazi murderer Adolf Eichmann, died this Saturday in Israel, at the age of 92 years. Rafi Eitan served in the Palmaj unit and later in Israel 's Foreign Intelligence Service (Mossad), reported the Jewish news agency.

In 2006, he chaired the retired party and was retired affairs minister under Ehud Olmert's government.

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Eitan was born November 23, 1926 under the name of Rafael Hentman, in Kibbutz Ein Harod, his parents had come to Russia from Israel. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Ramat HaSharon.

The operation against Eichmann, also known as Operation garibaldi, was an action of intelligence of Mossad carried out in May of 1960.

The Nazi leader was kidnapped and then transferred to Israel where he was tried and executed.

Eichmann was located, identified and denounced in 1957 by Lothar Hermann, a German Jew who escaped from the Dachau concentration camp.

The Nazi hierarchy was responsible for transporting millions of Jews from the ghettos to the concentration and extermination camps. She was sentenced to death following a trial in Israel for crimes against humanity, making her the only person serving the death penalty in the country.

Eichman was hanged on June 1, 1962 and his remains were cremated. To avoid the cult of future neo-Nazis, their ashes were scattered in the Mediterranean by an Israeli navy ship in the presence of Holocaust survivors, outside waters under Israel's jurisdiction.

After working in the field of espionage agencies, Eitan spent a few years in the private sector, before returning to the security sector, holding various positions as an advisor or executive in state-owned companies. He also formed the GIL political party, which became Minister of Retiree Issues between 2006 and 2009.

"My wife Sarah and I, along with all the Jewish people, lament the death of our beloved Rafi Eitan, one of the heroes of the intelligence service of the State of Israel, who has committed innumerable acts of security, "said the Prime Minister Saturday. Benjamin Netanyahu

The head of government added that over the years, Eitan "took part in public life, was a minister of the Israeli government and worked on the restoration of Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust".

Source agencies.