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Report outlines how Iran smuggles arms to Hamas

Israel reveals how weapons are being smuggled from Iran to Hamas in Gaza via Yemen and Sudan and then through Egypt.

Adnan Abu Amer
Adnan Abu Amer
Apr 9, 2021
Klos-C is escorted into the southern Israeli port of Eilat
The Panamanian-flagged Klos-C is escorted into the southern Israeli port of Eilat by Israeli warships (unseen) on March 8, 2014, after it was intercepted by the Israeli navy, with the military saying it was carrying advanced rockets from Iran to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Israeli naval commandos seized the vessel on March 5, 2014, in the Red Sea between Eritrea and Sudan. An Israeli flag is seen on a speedboat in the foreground. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli military expert Amir Bohbot revealed in a report published by Israel's Walla News website April 3 said that in 2006, Iran opened a route to smuggle missiles and ammunition to Hamas in the Gaza Strip through Yemen and Sudan, thousands of kilometers from the Israeli coast. 

The smuggling operations were led by Hamas’ military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh until he was assassinated by Israel in Dubai in January 2010, Bohbot said, without specifying who succeeded Mabhouh.

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