Israel Navy Intercepts Iranian Weapons en route to Hezbollah, 4 Nov 2009

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The Israel Navy intercepted the "Francop" cargo ship, which was laden with roughly 500 tons of weapons hidden amongst civilian cargo. The 36 weapons containers were sent from Iran and meant for the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon. For further information on how the interception occurred and what was uncovered, see the official IDF announcement.





This footage shows some of the weapons found on the Karin A. The Karin A vessel, loaded with weapons in Iran, bound for the Gaza Strip, sailed in the direction of Egypt with the intention of unloading its cargo in Egypt. Small fishing boats were meant to pick up the cargo and deliver it to the Gaza Strip. The ship, loaded with rockets, anti-tank rockets, and light arms, was seized on January 3rd, 2002 by Israeli Naval Commandos. There was 50 tons of weaponry on board the ship, which included 12 mile range Katyusha rockets, anti tank missiles, explosives and guns.