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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/middleeast/israel-cohen-watch-spy.html
Israel's Secret Operation to Recover the Watch of a Legendary Spy
(New York Times) Ronen Bergman - On Thursday the Israeli prime minister's office announced that a watch belonging to legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen had been recovered in a secret operation and brought back to Israel. Cohen's spying in Syria is credited with helping Israel to a quick victory in the 1967 war, long after he had been caught and executed by the Syrian government. Had the Mossad carried out a secret operation to recover a wristwatch? According to an Israeli official, the operation was part of a 14-year hunt by the Mossad to find Cohen's body and return it to Israel. His body has still not been found, but during the search, agents located a man who had the watch. Cohen's widow, Nadia Cohen, told Israel Army Radio, "The Mossad told us a few weeks ago that they got information on the watch and that it was about to be sold."