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The real-life Eli Cohen. The miniseries follows the exploits of Eli Cohen, a Mossad spy. The story takes place during the years leading to the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Syria. [6] It follows Cohen's past in Egypt as an army reject, to his infiltration of the Syrian Ministry of Defense. [7]
Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a family of Mizrahi Jews.His father had immigrated from Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire in 1914. Deeply committed to Judaism, Cohen had planned in his youth to become a rabbi with guidance from Moise Ventura [] (1893–1978), Alexandria's Chief Rabbi, [4] but the city's yeshiva soon closed down, [5] prompting him to pursue higher education at Cairo University.
The Impossible Spy is a 1987 television film based on the true story of an Israeli civilian spy, Eli Cohen, who was recruited into Israel's secret intelligence agency (the Mossad) in the 1960s to become a spy in Damascus. Prior to his capture in 1965, Cohen was about to be appointed the third-most powerful figure in Syria—the Deputy Minister ...
In 1965 Syria had caught the Israeli arch-spy Eli Cohen while he used a wireless set, whose transmissions were traced back to his house in Damascus. [4] Inspired by the Syrian example, the Egyptians had purchased new radio direction-finding equipment from the Soviet Union, which promptly picked up Lotz's transmissions. [4]
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the killing of 1,400 Israelis came after Palestinians had been ‘subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation’.
A news reporter ran for his life during a live report near the Gaza border as a Hamas rocket flew overhead on Monday, 30 October. NEWS US bureau chief David Woiwod was live in Sderot, in Israel's ...
A 27-year old man has been arrested in Florida for brutally beating a man following a dispute over seats in a movie theatre.. Jesse Montez Thorton allegedly “became hostile” after being asked ...
Eli Cohen, an agent for Israel's Mossad spy agency, was captured in Syria at his apartment in Damascus. He would be hanged after a conviction for espionage. [179] Born: Mike Awesome (ring name for Michael Lee Alfonso), American professional wrestler who also appeared in Japanese pro wrestling as "The Gladiator"; in Tampa (committed suicide, 2007)