There he met an undercover Mossad agent posing as a Syrian who asked Al-Hawan to return to Egypt and gather information regarding the ships that were sailing in the Egyptian Suez Canal.
[citation needed] Al-Hawan opened a grocery store and began to collect information for his bosses but he soon developed some doubts about their intentions.
The Mossad, then still convinced that Al-Hawan is a valuable asset, and after subjecting him to a polygraph test which he passed, provided him with the most advanced transmitting device at the time, believed to be a burst transmitter.
"[2] In January 1976, while collecting some info for the Mossad under the supervision of the Egyptian intelligence, an army vehicle hit Al-Hawan causing him a major injury in his right leg that he says could have easily been cured, had the doctors been more competent.
[citation needed] His story was made into a drama series titled Tears in Insolent Eyes دموع في عيون وقحة starring Adel Emam as Gumaa Al-Shawan.