Olivia Frank

Olivia Jayne Frank (17 March 1956 – 11 September 2023)[1] was a transgender woman who served as an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer and became an intelligence agent for the Mossad, MI5 and MI6.

[2][3] In her memoirs, she wrote about being recruited by David Kimche, infiltrating the Abu Nidal Organization, and thwarting a bombing conspiracy in Munich before being returned to England by the Mossad.

[3] She recalls being "a mixed-up teenager who wanted to be both a woman and a soldier"[4] in her youth, and states that she was described as having a "female brain" by the doctors who prescribed her estrogen.

[5] She claims that a few weeks after she infiltrated Abu Nidal, a man named 'Konrad' attached bombs to her body and sent her to a building where Jewish families lived.

[3][6] Frank stated that she was prosecuted on made-up charges due to a rift between British and Israeli Intelligence upon her return to England.

She alleged that she was subsequently recruited into MI5 and MI6,[7] and directed to spy on a fellow inmate and entice a fugitive to return into British jurisdiction.