Israeli commandos seize arms ship ‘from Iran bound for Hezbollah’

ISRAELI commandos have seized a ship that defence officials said was carrying hundreds of tonnes 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 originated from Iran, although the paper was not shown to reporters. Rear Admiral Roni 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.

“It’s a cargo certificate that shows that it was from a port in Iran,” military spokeswoman Lt Col Avital Leibovich said.