Prisoner X is a
placeholder name
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used by
reporters
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for some prisoners in Israel.
*
Ben Zygier was held in
Ayalon Prison in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
until his death there in 2010.
*
Avri Elad (d 1993) was held in Ayalon Prison.
*
Marcus Klingberg was held from 1983 to 2003 in Israel
* Mordechai Kedar, recruited by Israeli Military Intelligence in 1956
[
* " Prisoner X2" - an unidentified prisoner who has been held in Ayalon Prison "for many years" ()
* ]Unit 8200
Unit 8200 ( he, יחידה 8200, ''Yehida shmone -Matayim''- "Unit eight - two hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. Military pu ...
Captain Tomer Eiges , died by unclear cause while in military prison awaiting trial for security offenses which were under severe court-issued gag orders and military censorship. He is said to have seriously harmed Israeli national security while acting independently from a personal motive.
In entertainment
* ''Age of X-Man: Prisoner X'', a 2019 comic book, part of the '' Age of X-Man'' crossover
* '' Prisoner X'', a 2014 book by Rafael Epstein
References
Journalism lists
Placeholder names
Israeli culture
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