IDF seizes freighter of Iranian weapons headed to Gaza

 

Photo by: IDF

By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF 
03/15/2011 12:25

The "Victoria" departed from Turkey, destined for El-Arish, where weapons from Iran would be smuggled to Hamas; ship boarded by Naval Commando 13, expected to arrive in Ashdod.

    The IDF seized a freighter ship with dozens of tons of weaponry from Iran headed for Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

The ship, known as Victoria, was flying a Liberian flag, and was seized by the navy in the Mediterranean Sea, 200 miles off of Israel's coast.

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