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Dossier No. 04 · Ideology — conviction

Eli Cohen

The man who handed Israel the Golan

classified
Protagonist
Eli Cohen (Agent 566)
Period
1961-1965
Nature
Illegal
Main location
Damascus, Syria · Syria
MICE motive
Ideology — conviction

A Mossad spy, Eli Cohen built his Syrian cover in Argentina, then infiltrated the highest circles of power in Damascus from 1961 to 1965. His intelligence on the Golan would prove decisive for the Israeli victory in the Six-Day War (1967). Hanged in Damascus in 1965.

On the ground

  • Damascus
  • Buenos Aires
  • Tel Aviv
  • Alexandria (birth)

Route: Buenos Aires → Damascus · Damascus → Tel Aviv

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