Munir Redfa

In the spring of 1965, Air Force Commander Ezer Weizman asked Mossad Director Meir Amit to acquire a MiG-21. This led to one of the most daring operations in intelligence history, allowing Israel to study the Soviet fighter.

How a frustrated Iraqi pilot became the most important strategic asset of the Mossad. The podcast "Digging Journalism" returns to one of the most daring espionage operations of Israeli intelligence.

60 years since the Mossad and Air Force's "Operation Diamond," in which an Iraqi fighter pilot defected with his plane to Israel. We look back at the nearly cinematic plot, featuring invisible ink, messages transmitted via radio songs, and a family brought to the country under a cover story.