The Syrian official denies that the return of the money that lives in Eli Cohen is close, the negotiations continue
A senior Syrian official denies claims that the remains of Israeli spy Cohen will be returned to Israel, but confirms ongoing talks with Israel on the matter.
A senior Syrian official told a press conference that reports that the remains of Israeli spy Eli Cohen would soon be returned to Israel were false. However, he confirmed that talks on the Israeli side are still ongoing and have not yet reached a final agreement.
The official said that discussing a specific date or the details of the arrangement of the bodies is pointless while the talks are still ongoing, adding that Damascus is handling this issue which is not very sensitive to politics and security which does not allow media leaks or speculation.
The denial of the Syrian official comes after the Hebrew daily Yedioth ahronithe It has been reported that the remains of Cohen, who was killed in Syria in 1965, will soon be imported to Israel, quickly explaining the movement as a security statement between Damascus and Israel.
According to this newspaper, the possible handover is linked to ongoing negotiations for a new security agreement between the two countries. The report also noted that the progress of this process followed the comments made about a month ago by the President of Syria Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who will be speaking soon. “
In her first response to the report, Nadia Cohen, the widow of the Israeli spy, expressed the truth about the return of the remains, saying, “I believe that the time has come to demand a revolution in Syria.”
Nadia, the widow of Israeli Spy Eli Cohen, shows a photo of her late husband, during an interview with Reuters in Herzliya, Israel, in October, 2019. (Credit: Reuters / Amir Cohen)
He also added that he contacted the Israeli Mossad following media reports, but the agency told him that it had no official information on the matter. However, he insisted that he “never gave up hope.”
This development comes months after the Mossad announced that it had carried out a complex operation in cooperation with an “unnamed strategic partner”, in which it obtained a Syrian dossier related to Eli Cohen and passed it on to Israel.
The collection contains your cohen documents
At that time, Hebrew every day Maariv The operation, which took place shortly before the 60th anniversary of Cohen’s assassination, reportedly resulted in the return of nearly 2,500 documents, photographs, and personal items stored in a Syrian security facility.
The collection is reported to contain interrogation instructions, family letters, rare photographs, and Mossad operational orders.
Among the most notable discoveries were the original will of Cohen, written before his execution on May 18, 1965, as well as the keys to his apartment in Damascus, hidden documents, and hidden documents and personal effects.
These reports are seen as part of renewed activity and security in the region, amid signs of indirect communication between Damascus and Israel. At the moment, however, they remain unconfirmed and confined to the media’s vigilance, without official acknowledgment from the government or the government.
