Israeli secret operation retrieves a watch belonging to a legendary spy of the 1960s executed in Syria
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Israel recovered a watch that belonged to Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy executed in Syria in 1965
(Photo by Amos Ben Gershom, Government Press Office / Getty)
The Israeli spy agency Mossad recovered a wristwatch belonging to Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy publicly executed in Syria five decades ago.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Friday issued a statement confirming Syria in a "special Mossad operation."
Born in Egypt, Cohen moved to Israel in 1957, where he was recruited by Mossad. He infiltrated the direction of Syria in the early 1960s and obtained secret intelligence before being captured, tortured and executed in 1965. Cohen was hanged at Martyrs' Square in Damascus on May 18, 1965. [19659006] FINDS YOUNG ARTIFACTS HAVING BEEN DESTROYED IN THE HOLOCAUST, DISCOVERED
While in Syria, Cohen Provides Valuable Information on Syrian Military Positions in the Golan Heights That Contributed to the victory of Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 [19659008] EliCohenWatch2 “/>
Israel recovered a watch that belonged to Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy executed in Syria in 1965.
(The guard of Eli Cohen was found by the Israeli spy agency Mossad)
"I congratulate the Mossad fighters for this determined and courageous operation whose sole objective was to return to Israel a memory of a great fighter who Mossad's director, Yossi Cohen, returned to the family at a ceremony "several weeks ago", according to the Israeli government. from Mossad to Tel-Aviv in memory of Cohen.
Will of Holocaust heroism, LOST PHOTOS, INAUGURATED IN SCOTLAND
The Mossad leader stated that the Watch was worn by the spy until "The watch was part of Eli Cohen's operational image and part of his manufactured Arab identity," he said. in the statement
File photo – this photo dated May 9, 1965 shows Israeli spy Eli Cohen (L) and two other unidentified co-defendants, during their trial in Damascus
(Getty)
Cohen's widow, Nadia Cohen, told the Israeli media that the watch had apparently been purchased, but she did not know where, according to Haaretz. Her daughter told Israeli radio that she was brought back to Israel after her purchase on the internet
In her statement, the Israeli government describes Cohen as a "legendary fighter". The watch will be transferred to the family of the spy during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana in September
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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