He then moved to Jerusalem, staying with his elder sister Rachel who emigrated several years earlier, and worked there as assistant to his brother in-law carrying and selling fruits and vegetables throughout the streets of the city.

He was based in Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh, where he underwent extensive training in intelligence gathering, undercover communications and explosives.

Instruction also included thorough Quran studies, Islamic religion and culture, Sharia law, prayers, ritual purity and all other customs relevant for imposing as a Muslim Arab.

[1] As part of the training, trainees were sent out to Palestinian Arab towns to mingle among the locals, frequent markets, stores and restaurants, and join prayers in mosques.

As thousands of Arabs fled north from Haifa to seek refuge in Lebanon, Isaac Shoshan infiltrated into one of the refugee convoys and arrived in Beirut.

Within days of arrival, on 14 May 1948, the State of Israel was declared and consequently the Palmach force, including its Arab Section, were incorporated into the IDF.

He was also highly involved in the training and handling of agents in Arab countries, including, amongst others, the Israeli spy in Damascus Eli Cohen, who was eventually captured by the Syrians and executed.

For a period of 10 years he headed the special unit for assisting Jewish communities in enemy countries and covertly facilitating their repatriation to Israel.

[8] Shoshan officially retired from the Mossad in 1982, however for many years he continued his affiliation with the Organization and volunteered to advise, instruct and lecture to trainees and cadets.

In 2016 he published another book Pitgam Yashan Shoshan, a collection of Arabic folk fables and idioms translated to Hebrew.