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Malkin established a unit known as Keshet whose expertise was infiltrating airline offices, travel agencies, airports, seaports and foreign embassies. On several occasions, he carried out wiretapping and other missions with
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Malkin's most famous mission was on May 11, 1960, when he and a team of Mossad agents led by
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