Eli Cohen

Israeli spy

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Born:December 6, 1924

Died:May 18, 1965

Age at death:40

Manner of death:Capital Punishment

Cause of death:Hanging To Death

Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius

Children:3

Born in:Alexandria, Egypt

Languages:Spanish, French, Arabic, English, Hebrew

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Eli Cohen

Israeli spy

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Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן, romanized: ʾEliyāhū ben Šāʾūl kōhēn‎; Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين, romanized: Īliyāhū bin Shāʾūl Kūhīn‎; 26 December 1924 – 18 May 1965) was an Egyptian-born Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in Syria between 1961 and 1965, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian political and military hierarchy. Though he was initially successful, Cohen's activity became increasingly risky and he expressed a sense of impending danger to Mossad in 1964. A year later, his true allegiance was uncovered by the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate and he was convicted by the Syrian government under pre-war martial law. After being sentenced to death, he was publicly hanged in Damascus in May 1965. The incident contributed to the sharp escalation of hostilities between Israel and Syria just before the 1967 Arab–Israeli War. Cohen is highly regarded in Israel, with several streets and roads being named after him.

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Eli Cohen ISRAEL SECRET SERVICE AGENT

Eli Cohen garden in Ramat Amidar, Ramat Gan

Israeli spy Eli Cohen in the dock at the military court in Syria, first from the left, 1965

en:Eli Cohen was publicly hanged by Syria on May 18, 1965. Syria refused to hand Eli Cohen's bones for burial in Israel.

אנדרטה לזכרו של אלי כהן במפקדה סורית בקונייטרה ברמת הגולן

Elie Cohen at his Damascus residence in 1963. Elie Cohen, the Israeli spy known in Syria at the time by the alias Kamel Amin Thabit, was beleived to be an expatriate businessman living in South America. He befriended leading Syrian Baathist politicians, including President Amin al-Hafez, but was eventually arrested, trialed, and executed in Marjeh Square in May 1965. The photo is taken opposite the Indian Embassy in Damascus.

עטיפת הספר - אלי כהן האיש שלנו בדמשק מאת: אלי בן־חנן

Eli Cohen was publicly hanged by Syria on May 18, 1965.

Newspaper "al-Hayat" announces postponement of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen trial by the Ba'athist government of Syria due to March 8 Revolution anniversary celebrations