Eli Cohen

Eli Cohen

אלי כהן

Intelligence agent · 1924–1965

Mizrahi · EstablishedIsrael & the Diaspora Today

Alexandria-born son of an Aleppo family who became Israel's most famous spy. Posing as a Syrian businessman, Kamel Amin Thaabet, he reached the highest circles in Damascus and sent home intelligence that proved vital in 1967. He was caught and publicly hanged in Damascus in 1965.

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