Palestinian behind massive arms smuggling attempt released from Israeli prison
Shobaki was convicted on charges of illegal arms dealing and for organizing an attempted shipment of 50 tons of weapons from Iran to Gaza.
By TZVI JOFFRE
Fuad Shubaki, a leader of Palestinian terrorism who was the mastermind behind an attempt to smuggle dozens of tons of weapons from Iran to the Gaza Strip, was released from an Israeli prison on Monday after 17 years behind bars. Shubaki was convicted on charges of illegal arms dealing and for organizing an attempted shipment of 50 tons of weapons, including a variety of rockets and missiles, from Iran to Gaza on the Karine A in 2002.
The Karine A was purchased by the Palestinian Authority and traveled to Iran where Iran and Hezbollah loaded 80 crates full of weapons onto it. The ship was meant to cross the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea and then meet three smaller ships that would transfer the weapons to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but it was intercepted in the Red Sea by the Israeli Navy and Air Force in an operation known as “Operation Noah’s Ark.”
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Shobaki was convicted on charges of illegal arms dealing and for organizing an attempted shipment of 50 tons of weapons from Iran to Gaza.
By TZVI JOFFRE
Fuad Shubaki, a leader of Palestinian terrorism who was the mastermind behind an attempt to smuggle dozens of tons of weapons from Iran to the Gaza Strip, was released from an Israeli prison on Monday after 17 years behind bars. Shubaki was convicted on charges of illegal arms dealing and for organizing an attempted shipment of 50 tons of weapons, including a variety of rockets and missiles, from Iran to Gaza on the Karine A in 2002.
The Karine A was purchased by the Palestinian Authority and traveled to Iran where Iran and Hezbollah loaded 80 crates full of weapons onto it. The ship was meant to cross the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea and then meet three smaller ships that would transfer the weapons to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but it was intercepted in the Red Sea by the Israeli Navy and Air Force in an operation known as “Operation Noah’s Ark.”
more.............. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-734200