Uri Ilan

[2][3] In a note he left in his shoes which was discovered upon examination of his body, He wrote "I did not betray, I committed suicide", so as not to reveal a military secret.

Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan quoted from the note the first words "I did not betray", which became a symbol of personal sacrifice for the sake of the country's security.

After the squad was captured, the Minister of Defense Pinchas Lavon authorized Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan to hijack a military plane if it crossed the border or approached it, for bargaining purposes.

According to the accepted version, while in captivity, under extreme physical and psychological pressure, Uri was told that his friends had been murdered[5] by the Syrians and if he did not reveal the secret they would kill him as well.

As a result, Uri feared that under the pressure of torture, he would reveal the secrets of the operation to the Syrians, thus harming the security of the country.

As a result, Uri hanged himself on 13 January 1955 in his prison cell, using a rope made from the fabric of the mattress cover.

In the remarks made by the Chief of Staff, Moshe Dayan, at Ilan's funeral, he chose not to read the end of the note, and thus the message "I did not betray" remained in the public's mind.

According to another version, based on Syrian sources, Ilan fell victim to an interrogation manipulation and revealed the secret he tried to keep.

Ilan revealed that the squad was intended to replace the device that was damaged by the moisture it absorbed due to being buried in the ground.

According to the same source, Israel even sent people who were "accidentally" captured and even blackmailed Ilan in prison using violence and put great pressure on him not to say anything about the wiretapping device.

[11][12] Ilan's suicide and the notes he left behind set off a great outpouring of grief in Israel, but also a sense of national pride.

The rise of Uri Ilan, who preferred death to the disclosure of military secrets, created an IDF ethos, and was hailed as a miracle by many.

On January 14, 2005, Haaretz newspaper published an article by Moshe Rom and Ze'ev H. Erlich about the book and its messages by Uri Ilan.

In 1955 Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan wrote to the members of the Ilan family: "We will keep the original notes in the army archive".