[Ynet News] Hanan Greenberg - The IDF believes the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is behind the arms shipment intercepted by the Israel Navy. Military personnel are still unloading the thousands of rockets, shells and munitions stashed away in the Francop. Many of the crates contained rockets, some with markings distinctive to Iranian munitions and others bearing the markings of Chinese and Spanish manufacturers. Israel hoped the operation will deter shipping companies, European harbors and insurance companies from doing business with seemingly innocent Iranian vessels which can blow up at any time.
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