Ship Intercepted By Israeli Navy Found To Be Carrying Massive Quantity Of Iranian Arms For Hezbollah

Ynetnews.com reports that "an Israeli Navy commando force seized control over a suspicious vessel in the early hours of Wednesday morning, which was found to be carrying weapons. The ship is believed to have come for Iran, destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon and meant to dock in Syria. The incident took place some 150 kilometers off the coast, near Cyprus. A fleet of smaller ships approached the vessel, sailing under the Antiguan flag, and boarded it. The crew members showed no resistance... The cargo included rockets, grenades, mortar shells and missiles." Further, "according to Brig. Gen. Ben-Yehuda, the weapons were hidden in dozens of containers with a collective weight registering in at hundreds of tons. The weapons included enough ammunition and missiles to supply Hezbollah for a month or more of fighting against Israel, he said. Navy sources said the ship carried more than 3,000 shells and missiles." Tweet