When the Israeli Spy Could Not Read Fatiha, It Was Deciphered! Appeared After 61 Years
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New details have emerged 61 years later regarding the exposure, capture, and execution of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria. According to Said Jawish, a retired Syrian officer involved in the operation, Cohen, who had assumed a Syrian Muslim identity under the name "Kamil Emin Sabit," was asked to recite the Fatiha Surah during interrogation. When Cohen made a mistake, the then-Syrian President Amin Hafez said, "Are there any Muslims your age who d…
Details of Israeli spy Eli Cohen's unraveling and execution in Syria have come to light 61 years later. Said Kish, a retired officer who led the operation, said Cohen was captured by local units without foreign intelligence interference, and his true identity was revealed when he was unable to read Surah Fatiha during his interrogation. Kaesh stressed that the body of the executed agent was still found on Syrian territory.
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