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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Eli Cohen (spy)

Nadia Cohen (L), the widow of spy Eli Cohen, meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu (R) in his office, May 18, 2025, after Israel retrieved some 2,000 documents related to his capture from Syria. (Prime Minister's Office)
May 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
2,500 items belonging to executed spy Eli Cohen recovered from Syria by Mossad
Covert operation retrieves entire Syrian archive 60 years after his execution in Damascus, includes passports, final will, letters, keys to his apartment
By ToI Staff
Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria in the 1960s. (PMO)
December 17, 2024, 3:09 am
Israel working via Russia to find Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria, Palestinian sources say
Following Assad’s fall, Palestinian officials tell AFP that mediators also contacted them about locating body of a soldier who has been missing since 1982 battle
By AFP
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway 1 is blocked by families of hostages, and other supporters, on April 19, 2024, calling for the release of the hostages and "burning" the sins of the government - abandonment, neglect, corruption, disregard for human life, fraud, political interests, indifference. (Amir Terkel / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 20, 2024, 2:40 pm
‘As though we’re in Gaza’: Hostage families rally ahead of Passover for their freedom
Highlighting loss of liberty, organizer’s adapt holiday’s theme: ‘In every generation, a person must see themselves as though they’re in Gaza’; anti-gov’t demos set for 55 locations
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
March 25, 2023, 12:05 pm
‘Rally for freedom’: 12th week of protests as government to pass key overhaul bill
Organizers hope Saturday will see largest demonstrations to date; Tel Aviv event timed so Sabbath-observers can join; Yuval Harari, Tzipi Livni, daughter of spy Eli Cohen to speak
By ToI Staff
Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria in the 1960s. (PMO)
December 12, 2022, 4:32 pm
Mossad head reveals how Syria found Eli Cohen, discloses spy’s final message
Inaugurating museum named for legendary secret agent, Barnea says Cohen was caught because his cables were ‘intercepted and triangulated,’ not because he transmitted too frequently
By Tobias Siegal
The buildings and surrounding wild countryside of Pereh, one of Israel's newest boutique hotels that opened in June 2021, in the southern Golan Heights (Courtesy Aya Ben Ezri)
June 21, 2022, 4:20 pm
Thanks to Sykes-Picot, history and luxury mingle at Golan battlefield-turned-hotel
At Pereh, historic early 20th-century French customhouses have been restored to new glory, after a prolonged brawl with Israeli bureaucracy
By Jessica Steinberg
A man waves a Palestinian flag as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day outside the capital's Old City on May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
June 6, 2022, 4:16 pm
Palestinian flag emerges as flashpoint as tensions simmer across Israel
As MKs advance bill to ban waving the flag at state-funded institutions, activists declare ‘it is our right to raise our Palestinian flag’ as a minority group
By Agencies
Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)
March 9, 2021, 7:24 pm
Russia said to give Israel item that may have belonged to executed spy Eli Cohen
Netanyahu’s office denies report, but PM confirms searches in Syria for Mossad agent’s body; Cohen’s daughter: PM didn’t tell us, don’t know if this is ‘only political spin’
By ToI Staff
This undated photo shows Israeli spy Eli Cohen, in Syria, wearing a wristwatch recovered by the Mossad in 2018. (Prime Minister's Office)
March 1, 2021, 4:31 am
Widow of spy Eli Cohen casts doubts on report Russians searching for his remains
Nadia Cohen says she has received no new information despite report on Arabic website that Russian soldiers in Syria have been looking intensively for his burial site
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video said to show Israeli spy Eli Cohen walking along a street in Damascus, Syria. (YouTube)
February 21, 2021, 9:18 pm
Russian state media shows allegedly unseen footage of top Israeli spy Eli Cohen
Short clip, aired as part of documentary on espionage in Syria during the 1960s, shows man believed to be the legendary Mossad agent walking down Damascas Street, near air force HQ
By ToI Staff
The view of the Sea of Galilee from a former Syrian Officers' Club visited by Eli Cohen in northern Israel. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 18, 2020, 8:13 am
In the footsteps of a spy: Exploring the Golan’s Eli Cohen Trail
Route memorializing legendary Israeli agent includes former Syrian military camps and officers’ clubs, sculptures and stunning views
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/ Invision/AP)
December 9, 2019, 10:16 pm
Sacha Baron Cohen lands Golden Globe nomination for Israeli spy role
Comedian starred as Eli Cohen in Netflix drama ‘The Spy’; thanks ‘visionary’ Israeli writer Gideon Raff; ‘Mrs Meisel,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Kominsky Method’ also get nods
By ToI Staff and JTA
This undated photo shows Israeli spy Eli Cohen, in Syria, wearing a wristwatch recovered by the Mossad in 2018. (Prime Minister's Office)
November 24, 2019, 11:32 pm
Son of former Syrian leader claims he can help find spy Eli Cohen’s remains
Khalid al-Hafidh, now living in New Zealand, tells local media that Mossad sought his help, but cut off contact after he demanded $1 million for services
By ToI Staff
Sacha Baron Cohen, star of the Showtime series "Who Is America?" poses before an Emmy For Your Consideration event for the show at Paramount Studios, May 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
November 20, 2019, 12:15 am
ADL to honor Sacha Baron Cohen for his ‘vision, imagination and creativity’
Jewish actor, comedian and director to receive leadership award at group’s annual Never is Now summit on anti-Semitism
By JTA
Sophie Ben-Dor (Screen capture: Channel 12 News)
September 8, 2019, 7:00 pm
Eli Cohen’s daughter lukewarm on ‘The Spy,’ but likes Sacha Baron Cohen’s acting
Sophie Ben-Dor laments ‘the distance from the truth’ and says ‘it hurt’ to watch the Netflix series on her legendary agent father, but understands and respects the show
By ToI Staff
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