| The Egyptian ambassador to France, whose home she had often visited, had been instrumental in the plan | Selim was tried for while he was court-martialled |
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| Secretary of State to President that was denied, Heba was executed by as prescribed by law for civilian convicts, while El Fikki was executed by since he was a commissioned army officer at the time of conviction, as prescribed by Egyptian military law | The Israeli strikes were so accurate that the Egyptians became convinced insider informants must be involved |
The Egyptians, however, decided to use him as a double agent for some time.
| She stayed with an Egyptian family in Paris and was a regular guest at the Egyptian ambassador's home | Her husband was also arrested |
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| After her recruitment by the Mossad, she married Farouk El Fikki, an Egyptian army engineer officer, and gathered information - through him - about the locations of anti-aircraft batteries, including the | One of the most famous lines in Egyptian cinema history is said at the end of the movie as Abla Heba Selim's name in the movie , portrayed by [], is flown to Egypt after her capture in Libya |
During the , intelligence provided by Selim enabled Israel to score many accurate hits against Egyptian forces, destroying many anti-aircraft missile bases at a heavy cost of men and material to Egypt.
| He did note, however, that she struggled financially as she could not find work in the Egyptian Embassy in Paris | After exhausting all appeals, including a petition for clemency by U |
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| One of her instructors, a French man, offered her the opportunity of furthering her studies in at the in | In a 2010 Egyptian TV program, the ambassador, Fakhry Othman, described her as attractive, cheerful, bright, and patriotic |
Biography [ ] Originally from in middle Egypt, [ ] she grew up in the upper-class , Cairo suburb.
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