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To prepare for war with Syria, Mossad (the Israeli secret service) had sent agent Eli Cohen to infiltrate the Syrian government, where he exploited his high-ranking position to provide crucial intelligence. Feigning sympathy for Syrian soldiers, he ordered trees planted by every Syrian emplacement to shade them. These trees were later used as targeting markers by the Israelis. Intelligence had revealed where the most difficult terrain was, so a route of attack was chosen that would avoid natural tank traps and surprise the Syrians.
The Mossad also carried out surveillance on Egypt. By the time war broke out, Mossad had either a katsa (field intelligence officer) or Egyptian informant in every Egyptian airbase and military headquarters. Three staff officers at the General High Command Headquarters were Israeli moles. Among the intelligence collected by the informants was embarrassing personal information about Egyptian servicemen. This information was sometimes used as blackmail to gain a new Mossad informant. Mossad also leaked details of many servicemen's private behavior to their families and colleagues by means of anonymous letters and phone calls.
This campaign caused considerable dissension in the Egyptian military, and led to the suicide of a senior officer. By early 1967, the Israeli intelligence network in Egypt had detected Nasser's preparations for war with Israel, and more informants were recruited. By early May 1967, the Mossad was able to inform Israeli commanders of the precise time to attack Egyptian airbases.
In a campaign called "Operation Yated", Israel passed false information to the Egyptian via a double agent. In the 1950s, Egyptian intelligence agent Refaat Al-Gammal, posing as an Egyptian Jew named Jacques Bitton, infiltrated Israel. He was soon arrested as a spy by Shin Bet, and elected to become a double agent rather than spend decades in prison. On the eve of the war, Gammal transferred false information to Egypt. He informed his Egyptian handlers that according to Israeli war plans, Israel would open an attack on Egypt with a ground offensive. His intelligence was one of the reasons why the Egyptians left their planes out in the open on the runways of their airbases, allowing the Israelis to easily destroy them.
The Mossad also carried out surveillance on Egypt. By the time war broke out, Mossad had either a katsa (field intelligence officer) or Egyptian informant in every Egyptian airbase and military headquarters. Three staff officers at the General High Command Headquarters were Israeli moles. Among the intelligence collected by the informants was embarrassing personal information about Egyptian servicemen. This information was sometimes used as blackmail to gain a new Mossad informant. Mossad also leaked details of many servicemen's private behavior to their families and colleagues by means of anonymous letters and phone calls.
This campaign caused considerable dissension in the Egyptian military, and led to the suicide of a senior officer. By early 1967, the Israeli intelligence network in Egypt had detected Nasser's preparations for war with Israel, and more informants were recruited. By early May 1967, the Mossad was able to inform Israeli commanders of the precise time to attack Egyptian airbases.
In a campaign called "Operation Yated", Israel passed false information to the Egyptian via a double agent. In the 1950s, Egyptian intelligence agent Refaat Al-Gammal, posing as an Egyptian Jew named Jacques Bitton, infiltrated Israel. He was soon arrested as a spy by Shin Bet, and elected to become a double agent rather than spend decades in prison. On the eve of the war, Gammal transferred false information to Egypt. He informed his Egyptian handlers that according to Israeli war plans, Israel would open an attack on Egypt with a ground offensive. His intelligence was one of the reasons why the Egyptians left their planes out in the open on the runways of their airbases, allowing the Israelis to easily destroy them.