- Title: ISRAEL: Israel berths arms ship, hopes to embarrass Iran
- Date: 9th March 2014
- Summary: EILAT, ISRAEL (MARCH 8, 20104) (REUTERS) WIDE OF ISRAELI EILAT PORT SHIPS AT SEA MEDIA CREWS ON PODIUM KLOS C SHIP AT SEA ISRAELI NAVY SHIP NEAR KLOS C ISRAELI NAVY SHIP IN FRONT KLOS C KLOS C MOVING TOWARD PORT SHIPS NEAR KLOS C AT SEA ISRAELI FLAG ON KLOS C VARIOUS OF KLOS C SHIP DOCKING AT EILAT PORT ISRAELI FLAG, ISRAELI FORCES NEAR KLOS C ++NIGHT SHOTS VARIOUS OF ISR
- Embargoed: 24th March 2014 12:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAEJP9R660EOA5AU4GOLJIBY59F
- Story Text: A ship seized by the Israeli navy on suspicion of smuggling arms from Iran to the Gaza Strip docked on Saturday March 8) in Israel, which plans to put the cargo on display.
The Klos C was captured without resistance in the Red Sea on Wednesday. Israeli authorities said they found dozens of advanced Syrian-made rockets hidden on board and destined for the ship's next port in Sudan, from where they would have been trucked through Egypt to Gaza.
Iran and Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers, both hostile to the Jewish state, rejected the Israeli findings as fabrications.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been dismayed at world powers' nuclear diplomacy with Iran since Tehran installed the relatively pragmatic Hassan Rouhani as president last year, voiced hope they would now rethink the outreach.
"This ship will get to Eilat and the truth will become fully known," Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 10 TV on Friday. "This is the real face of Iran."
The Israeli military said it would take around two days to find and bring out for public viewing the contraband from the some 150 cargo containers abroad the Panamanian-flagged Klos C.
The ship would then be free to leave, as would its 17 crew members, who include Turks, Indians, Georgians and Azeris, Israeli Admiral Oded Gur-Lavi told Reuters. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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