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Final inventory of Iran arms ship: 40 rockets, 180 mortars, 400,000 bullets

The IDF released on Sunday an inventory of weapons recovered from the attempted Iranian shipment to Gaza last week.
After detailed analysis carried out by the Engineering Corps, the IDF found 40 M-302 rockets, with a range of between 90 to 160 kilometers, hidden in crates.
The Klos C ship also carried 180 millimeter mortar rounds, and some 400,000 7.62 millimeter caliber bullets.
"These are advanced weapons that were destined to threaten the security of millions of Israeli civilians. The IDF will continue in its mission to prevent arms smuggling across the Middle East to various terror organizations, under Iranian cover and funding," the military said in a statement.
Before being intercepted, the ship's was heading for Port Sudan, where the Iranian Quds Force had planned to pick up the rockets and move them on land via Egypt, and from there, into Gaza through smuggling tunnels, the IDF suspects.

On Saturday, Israel Navy ships brought the Klos C to Eilat's port. Last week, it was raided by the navy in the Red Sea, some 150 kilometers from Port Sudan and 1500 kilometers from Israeli shores.
Islamic Jihad was one of the intended recipients of the rockets, and Hamas may also have been a recipient.
IDF intelligence assessments say that Iran's Quds Force organized the shipment, after flying the M-302 rockets from Syria to an Iranian airport, and transporting them to the Iranian sea port of Bander Abbas, where they were picked up by the Klos C.
The ship's crew is believed to have unknowingly picked up the crates without knowing their content.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

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