R.I.P. Rafi Eitan
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:27 am
Rafi Eitan, ex-minister and legendary spy who captured Eichmann, dies aged 92
Rafi Eitan, a former Israeli minister, Shin Bet and Mossad officer, and the legendary spy who led the famed capture of Adolf Eichmann, died on Saturday at the age of 92.
As head of the Mossad, Eitan commanded the 1960 intelligence operation that captured Nazi war criminal and Holocaust organizer Eichmann in Argentina and took him back to Israel for prosecution.