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Thursday, April 18, 2019
PMO officials deny Russia found body of Israeli spy Eli Cohen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOfficials in the Prime Minister’s Office deny reports that Russia has found the body of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria.
Hebrew media reported earlier this week that a Russian delegation took Cohen’s remains out of Syria, where he was executed more than five decades ago. Israel had previously appealed to Russia for help finding Cohen. Israeli officials had been silent after the unconfirmed reports by Syrian opposition groups emerged last weekend that a Russian team had exhumed the remains of the Mossad spy.
Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly rejected the reports.
Cohen infiltrated the top echelons of Syria’s leadership in the early 1960s and obtained top-secret intelligence before he was caught and publicly executed in 1965.
The Times of Israel Community.