{
  "id": 11901505,
  "title": "Said Jawish Interview Part 4: Cohen's execution aftermath",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/said-jawish-interview-part-4-cohens-execution-aftermath",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T09:51:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Majalla English",
    "slug": "al-majalla-english",
    "url": "https://en.majalla.com/node/333389/documents-memoirs/said-jawish-interview-part-4-cohens-execution-aftermath"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the final part of a four-part interview, Al Majalla spoke with Said Jawish, a former Syrian soldier specializing in signals intelligence. After the surveillance, arrest, and interrogation of Eli Cohen, Mossad's man in Syria, in 1965, Jawish recounted the details of the operation and its aftermath. He revealed that on the night Cohen was executed, he was part of a six-man group that discussed where Cohen's body should be buried after his hanging. Knowing that the Israelis would attempt to retrieve the body, they decided to bury it at the entrance of a military barracks with permanent guards. This decision was made the night before the execution, as they believed the Israelis would try to recover Cohen's remains. Cohen's body was buried outside one of the barracks, and it is believed to still be there.",
  "summary": "Said Jawish Interview Part 4: Cohen's execution aftermath newspress_en Sun, 10/04/2026 - 10:51 Documents & Memoirs In the final part of a four-part interview, Al Majalla speaks to Said Jawish, the former Syrian soldier specialising in signals intelligence who tracked down secret transmissions to Israel coming from the apartment of Eli Cohen, Mossad’s man in the Syrian capital. After the…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}