The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod on November 4, 2009 what they said were hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia after they were found on a ship they seized at dawn around 100 nautical miles from the Israeli coast.'We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tonnes of arms bound for Hezbollah from Iran,' deputy naval commander Rani Ben Yehuda told reporters, following an announcement about seizing a 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel named 'Francop'. The shipment, including huge stacks of rockets of various sizes, mortar shells, hand grenades and ammunition for AK-47 rifles, was among the largest ever seized by Israel. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod on November 4, 2009 what they said were hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia after they were found on a ship they seized at dawn around 100 nautical miles from the Israeli coast.'We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tonnes of arms bound for Hezbollah from Iran,' deputy naval commander Rani Ben Yehuda told reporters, following an announcement about seizing a 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel named 'Francop'. The shipment, including huge stacks of rockets of various sizes, mortar shells, hand grenades and ammunition for AK-47 rifles, was among the largest ever seized by Israel.

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