60 years after he was hanged, Israel recovers Syrian archive belonging to famous spy

Syrian leadership approved return of dead spy archive to Israel, sources say

Possessions of Israel's most famous spy recovered — 60 years after he was executed in Syria

Eli Cohen's remains have yet to be returned to Israel, where he is regarded as a national hero.

Israel recovers possessions linked to Eli Cohen, a spy executed in Syria in the 1960s

Israel announced on Sunday that it had retrieved the official Syrian archive on famed spy Eli Cohen -- a cache of 2,500 documents, photographs and personal effects linked to the Mossad agent executed in Damascus in 1965.

The Israeli intelligence service Mossad has recovered a series of documents and photographs belonging to its agent Eli Cohen, who was executed by Syria six decades ago after collecting intelligence on Syrian military plans, and returned them to Israel, agencies reported today.

Mossad retrieved trove of Eli Cohen’s belongings from Syria

Israel has announced that a covert Mossad operation led to the recovery of 2,500 items belonging to Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy executed in Syria nearly 60 years ago. The collection reportedly includes Cohen's handwritten will, allegedly drafted just hours before his execution, alongside personal letters to his family, photographs, and classified communications between him and senior Syrian officials. Israeli authorities claim the documents repre…

Israeli Mossad retrieves entire archive of Eli Cohen from Syria: What we know

The announcement of the secret operation that recovered 2,500 documents from Syria coincided with the 60th anniversary of Cohen’s execution.