Israeli authorities seized the opportunity of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria to try to determine where the legendary spy Eli Cohen, who had been buried on Syrian territory, was buried, a Lebanese media report said. is based on sources close to the diplomatic services.
Cohen was captured by Syria in 1965 and hanged in Damascus.
The Lebanese newspaper, close to Hezbollah, noted that Israel had apparently made contacts inside Syria and abroad to try to find information on the whereabouts of Cohen. .
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Israel has also reportedly restarted efforts to locate the remains of soldiers Tzvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz, who were both reported missing after the Battle of Sultan Yacoub against Syrian forces in Lebanon in 1982.
It was reported in February 2021 that Russia, in cooperation with Syrian authorities and under pressure from the Israelis, was searching for Cohen’s body in the area of the Yarmouk refugee camp, located in southern Damascus, in order to repatriate him to Israel.
The following month, an item believed to have belonged to Cohen was transferred to Israel. Citing a source close to the Syrian government who spoke on condition of anonymity, Israeli media clarified at the time that it was perhaps a document or item of clothing from Cohen. .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied the reports at the time – and it’s unclear whether the object actually existed.
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