BREAKING NEWS

Barak: Weapons on Victoria could include anti-ship missiles

MARCH 15, 2011 18:08

The Victoria cargo ship, which was carrying weaponry from Iran to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, was suspected of carrying anti-ship missiles that would have impaired the Israel Navy's freedom of operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday.

According to Barak, one of the reasons that the Navy seized the ship early Tuesday morning was out of concern that if the cargo arrived in Gaza, Israel would have difficulty operating along the Gaza coast.

"We suspected that it was carrying the beginning of a system that could impair our operational freedom along the Gaza coast," Barak told reporters.

During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Hezbollah fired a Chinese missile called C-802 supplied by Iran at the INS Hanit, killing four Israeli soldiers and severely damaging the advanced missile ship.

IDF eliminates top PIJ commander who helped carry out October 7 attacks

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/04/2024 10:22 PM

IDF strikes Hezbollah terror targets and infrastructure in Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/04/2024 05:07 PM

Gantz: Outline for hostage deal yet to be received, urges calm

By TAL SHALEV

05/04/2024 04:20 PM

IDF, ground, air, and naval troops hit terror infrastructure in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/04/2024 01:39 PM