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Mordechai Ben Masoud Louk (also known as Josef Dahan) was an Israeli adventurer who was convicted by Israeli courts to 10 years in prison for spying for Egypt. ^[1] He came to the focus of international attention when he was discovered by Italian authorities at the Rome airport, bound, gagged, drugged and packed in a trunk being sent to Cairo as diplomatic mail. ^{[2] [3]} In Rome Louk admitted to having "spied" for Egypt ^[4] and was extradited to Israel on Israel's request. ^[5]

Louk arrived in Israel from Spanish Morocco in 1949 and settled in Tel Aviv. ^[4] In 1961 Louk defected from the Israeli army and escaped into the Gaza Strip, leaving behind a wife and four children. ^[6]

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