Israel Recovers Spy Eli Cohen's Archive from Syria

Eli Cohen's Spy Mission and Capture

• 🎯 Eli Cohen, an Israeli Mossad agent, was sent to Syria in 1962 under the guise of a Syrian businessman.
• 🤝 He successfully infiltrated the Syrian political and military elite, becoming a top advisor to the defense minister.
• 🔍 Cohen gathered significant intelligence for Israel until his capture in 1965, two years after the Syrian coup.
• ⚖️ He was subsequently sentenced to death after a trial and hanged in May 1965; his body remains in Syria.

Retrieval of Syrian Intelligence Archive

• 🇮🇱 Israel announced the successful retrieval of Eli Cohen's official Syrian archive, comprising 2,500 items.
• 📦 The recovered items include documents, recordings, and photographs collected by Syrian intelligence as evidence of Cohen's espionage.
• 🏛️ This archive had been held in Syrian intelligence safes for approximately 60 years.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared some of these retrieved items with Cohen's widow.

Significance of the Intelligence

• 🌟 The operation was conducted by the Mossad and the state of Israel to bring back Cohen's legacy.
• 🏆 Eli Cohen is remembered as a legendary and highly effective agent in Israeli intelligence history.
• ⚔️ The intelligence obtained by Cohen is widely credited with aiding Israel's preparation for its victory in the 1967 Middle East war.
• 🙏 There is an ongoing effort to also secure the return of Cohen's body to Israel.