[Ynet News] Roee Nahmias - The Iranian arms ship seized by the Israel Defense Forces was discovered thanks to America, Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Friday in London, quoting Israeli sources. The Americans spotted a suspicious Iranian ship entering the Gulf of Oman and docking at Dubai's Jebel Ali port in mid-October and reportedly informed Israel of the ship. Earlier this week the Iranians exerted great efforts to mislead intelligence officials monitoring the shipment by unloading the explosives in an Egyptian port and then loading them on the Francop, which was eventually caught.
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