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Last update - 09:59 05/11/2009
WATCH: Video of Israel Navy commandeering arms ship
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Iran, Israel news 

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas - the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.

The Israeli military said an Iranian document was found on board, showing that the arms shipment, disguised as civilian cargo, originated from Iran, although the paper was not shown to reporters. Rear Admiral Rani Ben-Yehuda, the deputy Israeli navy commander, said that despite its size, the shipment of weapons was a drop in the ocean of arms being shipped to Hezbollah.



View photos of the seized ship below:



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      1.   what to do with the weapons 19:51  |  new york 04/11/09
      2.   arms to Hezbollah 19:51  |  antonio castaldi 04/11/09
      3.   Lebanese Self Defense 20:45  |  Javier Lobo 04/11/09
      4.   Spanish cargo? 20:59  |  Fernando 04/11/09
      5.   Javier Lobo get educated 21:22  |  Bilbi 04/11/09
      6.   Lobo so have leb file a lawsuit 21:59  |  vik 04/11/09
      7.   Iran liers 22:06  |  Ron 04/11/09
      8.   Arab fruad 22:10  |  Ron 04/11/09
      9.   Lobo 22:11  |  j 04/11/09
      10.   I love it, great job IDF! Goldstone, who? 22:34  |  4:20 04/11/09
      11.   to #3 23:03  |  Taki 04/11/09
      12.   All ships carrying Iranian "Exports" must be inspected. 23:51  |  Stephen. 04/11/09
      13.   Well done! 23:53  |  Johnny 04/11/09
      14.   why are all the labels in English 00:35  |  Greg 05/11/09
      15.   israeli aggression against what?? 00:57  |  Jeff 05/11/09
      16.   Sweet...Free Weapons and Ship 01:16  |  James 05/11/09
      17.   Weapons from Brazil? 01:28  |  Barak 05/11/09
      18.   Weapons from Iran? 02:24  |  Vladimir 05/11/09
      19.   Aim of the video (Question) 03:09  |  Adam Adames 05/11/09
      20.   G-D BLESS OUR PIRATES!! 03:15  |  Steve of Mevaserret 05/11/09
      21.   Lobo stop the sabre rattling and looking for revanche 03:18  |  Izzy 05/11/09
      22.   javier lobo 03:26  |  jorge stern 05/11/09
      23.   Will the world act or will it be silence as it was in 1938-39?? 05:04  |  Eitan 05/11/09
      24.   Time to wipe these demons from the face of the earth... 05:25  |  Al ` 05/11/09
      25.   #3 Israeli aggression??!! 06:08  |  syrian opinion 05/11/09
      26.   to LOCO LOBO 07:31  |  iranian 05/11/09
      27.   with weapons the lebanese can DEFEND themselves 09:57  |  Charbel 05/11/09
      28.   Charbel Nobody is confiscating weapons from the Lebanese army 10:30  |  PETER SM 05/11/09
      29.   NEW York what to do?Give them to the Kurds fighting Iran 10:36  |  PETER SM 05/11/09
      30.   Peter SM: The Lebanese Army is not allowed... 11:43  |  Ralph 05/11/09
      31.   Goldstone 11:50  |  julius Klayman 05/11/09
      32.   RALPH Nonsense Lebanese got 1 billion in US Arms 12:18  |  PETER SM 05/11/09
      33.   Iranian paper is no prove. 12:48  |  jens 05/11/09
      34.   .. 12:54  |  scott 05/11/09
      35.   Yemen seizes Iranian ship 14:40  |  Solomon 05/11/09
      36.   New York, New York 16:34  |  diocer 05/11/09
      37.   To Peter SM; What is it made of? 12:21  |  Ralph 07/11/09
      38.   so-called Iranian arms 05:54  |  eureka 08/11/09
      39.   this incident is yet another fraud 00:11  |  Wolfgang 10/11/09
      40.   Javier - Israel vs. Lebanon 01:43  |  Private 10/11/09
      41.   Javier - Israel vs. Lebanon 01:45  |  Private 10/11/09
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