Israel will be asked for information on Zygier ISRAEL will be asked to provide information on the strange case of Ben Zygier, the Australian citizen and alleged Mossad spy who died in an Israeli prison cell in 2010. Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon has offered a vigorous defence of his country's handling of the extraordinary affair, which saw the 34-year-old dual national detained in circumstances of extreme secrecy for 10 months under Israel's national security laws.