Commandos stop boatload of arms headed for Gaza

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Haaretz:

Weapons were aboard the Liberian-flagged Victoria, which naval commandos took over in the Mediterranean Sea.
Amos Harel
3/16/11

The Israel Navy intercepted an estimated 50 tons of weapons from Iran yesterday aboard a cargo ship bound for the Gaza Strip, including sophisticated land-to-sea missiles that could have enabled Palestinian militants to hit ships at Ashdod Port or at sea, or other Israeli targets like a crude oil depot or a gas drilling rig, the navy said.

The weapons were aboard the Liberian-flagged Victoria, which naval commandos took over in the Mediterranean Sea. The shipment is estimated to be as large as that captured by Israel in 2002 aboard the Karine A, which was also headed for the Palestinians.

The Chinese-made C-704 missiles were "undoubtedly strategic weapons" that could have posed a significant threat to Israel's coastal and marine infrastructure, said the navy's deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Rani Ben-Yehuda.

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