Ibrahim Shaheen and Inshirah Moussa
Ibrahim Shaheen, an Egyptian man and his Egyptian wife Inshirah Moussa worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad[1] from 1967 until their arrest in 1974.[2] Shaheen was executed in Egypt in 1977, while his wife and 3 children fled to Israel and converted to Judaism.[3] Inshirah changed her name there to Dina Ben David. She died in Tel Aviv in 2021, where the funeral ceremonies were held according to the Jewish religion. The case was widely published in the Israeli media in the 1980s.[4]
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References[]
- ^ Black, Ian; Morris, Benny (1992). Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services. Grove Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8021-3286-4.
- ^ "Deaths ordered in Spy Case". The Press-Courier. 25 November 1974. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Family of hanged Israeli spy speaks up". New Straits Times. 28 November 1989. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ Bushinsky, Jay (30 November 1989). "Israeli editors stumble on their checkbooks". Chicago Sun-Times (accessed via HighBeam Research). Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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