Archive · 19 May 2025
Israel Recovers Spy Eli Cohen's Archive from Syria
Imagine a secret agent named Eli Cohen who spied for Israel.
He lived in Syria and gathered information.
Syria found out and executed him a long time ago.
Now, Israel has secretly gotten back all of his secret papers and things from Syria!
These include letters he wrote, photos, and even his will.
They got these things back in a secret mission.
It's like finding a lost treasure that tells us all about what happened when he was a spy.
Israel recovered Eli Cohen's Syrian archive, including documents, photos, and personal items.
The archive was retrieved in a covert operation by the Mossad and a strategic partner.
The recovered items belonged to the full Syrian intelligence archive on Cohen.
The archive includes personal letters, communication documents, and Cohen's will.
The announcement came 60 years after Cohen's execution in Damascus.
- Who
- Eli Cohen, Israeli spy
- What
- Recovery of Eli Cohen's Syrian archive
- When
- Archive recovered in recent operation; Cohen executed in 1965
- Where
- Syria
- Why
- To preserve historical records and honor Cohen
- Spy's Name
- Eli Cohen
- Archive Contents
- 2,500 documents, photos, personal items
- Retrieval Operation
- Mossad and a strategic partner
- Execution Date
- May 18, 1965
- Original Will
- Recovered in archive