(Washington Post) Ruth Eglash - Israel put on display in Eilat Monday a cache of long-range rockets and other artillery it seized last week from a shipment making its way up the Red Sea, destined for militant groups in Gaza. Glistening in the sunshine were 40 M-302 surface-to-surface rockets with ranges of 50 to 100 miles, 181 mortar shells and about 400,000 rounds of ammunition. The weapons had been concealed in large shipping containers with Iranian seals and hidden beneath bags of cement stamped "Made in the Islamic Republic of Iran," proof that the Iranians had sent the cargo. "We now have hard facts, and it's important that the world gets this information," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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