Israeli spy and former Israeli minister Rafael Eitan, 92, who was known for commanding a commando operation in Argentina in 1960 to arrest one of the main Nazi officials for the final solution, died on Monday, according to Israeli radio.
Eitan died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, according to the radio, which gave no further details.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that "Ravi was one of the heroes of the intelligence services of Israel, and did countless acts in favor of Israel's security."
Eitan's death also received a rare funeral homage from the Israeli Internal Security Service, Shin Beth.
"Ravi, who was one of the founders of the Shin Beth executive, managed and participated in dozens of historical operations that will remain secret for several more years," Shin Bet director Nadav Argman said in a statement.
In turn, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin considered that Eitan was "born a fighter keen on his mission and what he considered fair."
Eitan was born in 1926 in Kibbutz Palestine, which was still under British Mandate, and joined the Mossad in the 1950s.
He was promoted to Mossad and was the mastermind behind Eichmann's arrest in Buenos Aires, where he was taken to Israel and tried and executed in 1962 for his responsibility in the Nazi holocaust between 1939 and 1945.
In addition to his role in the arrest of Eichmann, Eitan was also known to have been the client of Jonathan Pollard, a US marine who was arrested in 1985 and jailed in the United States for 30 years for spying for Israel.
After the operation, which sparked a serious crisis of confidence between the United States and Israel, Eitan was issued a US arrest warrant.
He was elected in 2006 in the Israeli parliament, at the age of 79, and headed the Pensioners Party, before becoming Minister of Pensioners Affairs.