Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy 4/11/09 Video
Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy 4/11/09
A special Navy force intercepted and boarded a ship 100 miles off the coast of Israel. The ship, carrying the flag of Antigua, was carrying 500 tons of weapons in civilian disguise.
On Tuesday (Nov. 3) an exceptionally large quantity of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered onboard a cargo vessel intercepted by the Israel Navy Special Forces and brought to the Ashdod port.
Dozens of shipping containers found on the ship were carrying 500 tons of weapons and ordnance disguised as civilian cargo among hundreds of other containers onboard. The amount of weapons found is 10 times larger than the Karin A ship intercepted in January 2002.
Israel Naval and Engineering Corps are unloading the containers and are sorting through the various types of weaponry found onboard.
As part of the Israel Navy's routine activity to maintain security and prevent arms smuggling, a force comprised of naval commandos, missile boats, and intelligence and explosive experts intercepted a cargo vessel bearing the name "Francop", which was flying an Antiguan flag.
The naval commando force boarded the vessel and conducted an initial search. The search was conducted in accordance with the usual search protocols as dictated by International Law. The Captain of the ship agreed to the search and no force of any kind was used during the operation.
Following the initial search and after it became clear that the vessel was carrying weapons, the vessel was directed by the Israel Navy to dock at an Israel Navy base in Ashdod in for additional searches and a detailed inspection of the hull's cargo.
The weapons found onboard the ship originate from Iran, and were intended to reach the Hezbollah terror organization for use against the State of Israel and its citizens. The weapons uncovered at sea last night constitute a harsh violation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1701 that strictly forbid Iran from exporting or trading any form of weapons.
President Shimon Peres said that, "Iran had promised it would not send weapons, and broke international law. The importance of the ship's capture is enormous and has political value as well. Therefore it is a political event and the seizure is a military accomplishment."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the weapons found on board the ship were intended to harm Israel's cities and towns. Moreover, he hailed the operation congratulating the army the navy, and other security agencies involved on the successful counterterrorist operation.
The Minister of Defense Ehud Barak praised the IDF for their outstanding effort in combating weapon smuggling. "This is another success in the struggle against attempts to smuggle weapons by terrorist organizations who threaten the security of Israel," he said.
The Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio this morning that "We must salute the intelligence community and the IDF for the operation. Rarely is the public aware of the successful operations undertaken." He added that the weapons were destined for Hezbollah and that Katyusha rockets were amongst the weapons in the vessel.
The IDF wishes to emphasize that, The Iranians continue to act deceptively while blatantly ignoring and violating both International Law and UN Security Council decisions. They relentlessly act under the guise and flags of different countries in order to arm and encourage extremist factions that strive to destabilize the Middle East and other regions.
Last nights operation was part of continuous overt and covert IDF operations on various fronts, both near and far intended to maintain Israels security by preventing arms smuggling.
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BIGINSF: great propaganda for the israeli cause. a little more of this and the us will have an excuse to invade iran on israel's behalf
papasmurfXXX: Fuck israel , if those weapons were reached then lebanon could've had a chance to save palestine and get revenge from what happened then israelis pressed on lebenon..
papasmurfXXX: also due to the fact that lebenon is 40% christian, it's christian/muslims vs jews, so don;t shit on me here
papasmurfXXX: both muslims and jews have ups and downs... If i can live in israel as a muslim like how i live In america, then i'll guess some israeli's are okay , well i do believe the israeli civilians are good, i just believe only a few israeli's that are responible if are are evil
papasmurfXXX: it's called trading, like what is israel's gonna intercept 300 tons of mangos shipped from pakistan to..turkey ??
ballsauce666: I agree! God blast israel!!! lol .
lonelyjew: A lot of intelligent conversation here 'rolls eyes' I hope these weapons can be linked, with evidence, to the Iranian government's not so secret sponsorship of terrorism against Israel. Any excuse to topple that government is good enough, any country that would spend hundreds of millions of dollars funding terrorism while denying it's own government workers their salaries and pensions(not to mention its coup of an election and treatment of nonviolent protesters) should be brought down.
supatipanno: @ballsauce666 Another brainwashed western hating Arab. What great news this weapons cache has been made. It now proves Palestime does not want peace with anyone. Another good reason to bomb the Arabs more and more.
stradaforni51: G-D blast Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah.
Metrader: on behalf of the Jewish people and all Israeli's, I would like to thank Iran, especially President Ahmadinejad for the very generous gift you gave us of 500Mts of Weapons and Missiles. I know that we will find these weapons useful and perhaps we will return them to you one day...at a slightly faster speed than when we aquired them...
xXxRadicalDreamerxXx: Can't wait to see those missiles up your ass. Go hide while you still can you fucking towelhead.
tumer85: death to jews!
hn313: This is OBVIOUSLY a cheapshot at trying to turn the world's eyes away from the Goldstone report that has held Israel guilty for war crimes and crimes against humanity during its war on Gaza last year. Just look the Israeli PM Netenyahu tried to "exploit" this bounty from the heavens when he immeadiately declared : "Iran should be sued for war crimes! They are sending missiles and rockets that will fall down on our heads, as it did previously". The footage can only fool, well, only the fool.
ariamasda: hahah reine propaganda , iranische fluggesellschaft fliegt nach syrien und libanon , sie brauchen nichts per schiff hinzuschicken, diese aufnahmen sprechen für sich ,dass es propaganda ist, alles inszeniert, selbst wenn es so wäre israel wird von western besonders von america und deutschland mit waffen meliefert warum darf hisbolah keine waffen bekommen ,
ignoblius: What gives Israel the legal authority to board a commercial ship in international waters?
gem6969696969: I find it very interesting that those crates had English writing on them.This stuff came from Iran?I don't think so.America?Yes sir.
Motti58: Israel has the right ti protect its people !!!
Motti58: klar, wenn man erwischt wird ist es Propaganda !? Genauso wie der Holocaust aus Sicht des Verrückten aus Teheran? Für 500 to braucht man viele Flüge und tarnen kann man so eine Flugfracht auch nicht! HIZBOLLAH ist eine international verurteilte Terrororganisation; Iran verstösst erneut gegen UN-Resolution.
Motti58: There is only one blessed nation in the Middle East: I S R A E L As History shows, the rest are LOSERS
ariamasda: erwischt ? wenn wir muslime pupsen fliegt ihr über alle berge, erstens ihr habt da nichts zusuchen , ihr wurdet dahin gebracht , der western hat euch da ein land besorgt um den holocaust wieder gut zumachen, der verrückter aus iran , weisst dass es holocaust gegeben hat, aber das soll nicht auf kosten der muslime wieder gut gemacht werden, wir haben euch nichts getan , denk darüber nach, bevor ihr dahin gekommen seid, der western (christen) töteten euch seit 2000 jahren,
Motti58: Ich weiß nicht wo du lebst oder woher du kommst. 1. Jerusalem wurde von König David zur ewigen Haupstadt proklamiert. 2. In Israel leben Moslems, Christen und Juden friedlich nebeneinander. 3. Israelische Moslems dienen freiwillig in der Armee. 4. Jedes arabische Land hat jeden Krieg gegen Israel verloren. 5. Die jüdische Kultur und Religion exestierte tausende Jahre bevor Mohammed das PUPSEN lernte, 6. Also PUPS weiter und flieg selbst in die LUft !!!
ariamasda: ich bin deutscher, haha jerusalem wurde von könig david proklamiert , wielange ist es her du idiot, spageti wurde auch von italiener erfunden. juden und christen können friedlich miteinander leben , wer hat was dagegen, jedes arabische land hat den krieg gegen israel verloren? das glaubst du nicht selbst. die ägypter haben gegen euch verloren du idiot? 1996 haben 4 von hisbolah euer ganze system zerstört 64 panzer in 33 tage, ohne america seid ihr nichts , nicht vergessen!!!!
ballsauce666: Would be a cool video if the explosives blew up in israeli soldiers faces.
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jfromjapan: @papasmurfXXX So 2 posts below you also state that you hoped lebanon received the bombs? You are a hippocrite, you can't state in one post you like the civilians and in another wish that they were blown up.... dumbass. Israel has every right to defend their country, they are in a constant state of war and must take the precautions of checking things that go to enemies.
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