Israel admitted that its citizen, who died in a boat accident on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, worked for the foreign intelligence agency Mossad.
In a written statement made by the Israeli government press office on behalf of the Mossad, it was stated that the Israeli citizen who died in a boat accident in Italy was a retired Mossad member.
It was stated that Mossad lost “a determined and professional colleague who worked for Israel’s security after his retirement”.
In the statement, it was stated that the body of the Israeli citizen was brought to the country and that no further details could be given since he served in the Mossad.
In the first news about the accident that occurred on the evening of May 28 in Lake Maggiore in the north of Italy, it was stated that a pleasure boat capsized due to adverse weather conditions.
Although it was claimed that the deceased were tourists who came together to celebrate their birthday, the news in the Italian press with the headlines “the boat accident of the 007s” revealed that there were Italian and Israeli intelligence officers on the boat.
Among those who lost their lives, Claudio Alonzi, 62, and Tiziana Barnobi, 53, were members of the Italian Information and Foreign Security Agency (AISE), while the Israelis were 53-year-old retired security guard Shimoni Erez. It was stated that the other person who died in the boat disaster was the wife of the captain of the boat and 50-year-old Russian citizen Anna Bozhkova, who has a residence permit in Italy.
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