He died the former Mossad who captured the Nazi Eichmann

Eitan died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, an Israeli coastal city.

"Rafi was one of the heroes of the intelligence services of the state of Israel, with many actions in favor of Israel's security," said the Israeli prime minister in a statement. communicated. Benjamin Netanyahu. "We mourn his death", he added.

Eitan's death also unleashed an outstanding eulogy of Israeli internal security services, the Shin Bet. "Rafi, one of the founders of the operational branch of Shin Bet, has led and participated in a dozen historical operations that will remain secret for many years, "he said in a statement. Nadav Argaman, boss of Shin Bet.

Eitan was "a born fighter who engaged in the mission and in what he considered fair," the Israeli president said in a statement. Reuven Rivlin.

Born in November 1926 into a kibbutz in Palestine while still under British rule, Eitan entered the Israeli secret service of Mossad in the 1950s.

He then climbed positions to direct the Mossad operations and participated in the capture in Buenos Aires of Adolf Eichmann, who was later taken to Israel, where he was tried and hanged in 1962 for his responsibility in the extermination of six million Jews between 1939 and 19445.

Rafi Eitan is also known to have been the contact agent of Jonathan Pollard, a US Navy badyst arrested in 1985 and jailed in the United States for 30 years for spying for Israel.

After this case that caused a serious crisis of confidence between the United States and Israel, the case was under the control of the United States.

In 2006, at the age of 79, he was elected to Parliament and head of the retired party, before becoming prime minister. He had been operated on the heart a year before.

"I do not see or hear anything but I run every morning, I do sculpture and my wife says I'm fine," he said at that time.