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Mordechai Louk
Israeli adventurer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mordechai Ben Masoud Louk (Hebrew: מרדכי בן מסעוד לוק; also known as Josef Dahan) was an Israeli adventurer who was convicted by Israeli courts to 10 years in prison for spying for Egypt.[1] He came to the focus of international attention when he was discovered by Italian authorities at the Rome airport, bound, gagged, drugged and packed in a trunk being sent to Cairo as diplomatic mail.[2][3] In Rome, Louk admitted to having "spied" for Egypt[4] and was extradited to Israel on Israel's request.[5]
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Louk arrived in Israel from Spanish Morocco in 1949 and settled in Tel Aviv.[4] In 1961, Louk defected from the Israeli army and escaped into the Gaza Strip, leaving behind a wife and four children.[6]
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