IDF Navy escorting the Klos-C to the Port of Eilat. Photo: IDF SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE
The Gaza-bound Iranian vessel intercepted by the IDF on Wednesday morning anchored in Eilat on Saturday evening for further inspection of the weapons the army said it had discovered on board.
The two Navy boats that seized the Klos-C docked at the military port in Eilat around 5 p.m. prior to the arrival of the ship said to be carrying an Iranian weapons shipment.
The Israeli Navy carried out 'Operation Discovery' early Wednesday morning, intercepting the cargo hauler carrying long range missiles in the Red Sea. The ship was found 1,500 kilometers away from Israel and some 160 kilometers from Port Sudan.
The Klos-C's 17-member, international crew was in Israeli custody.
The weapons found in the ship's hull, including missiles with a range of 90 kilometers, will be inspected in the coming days and were expected to be displayed to the media on Monday.
Missile ships and Navy commandos from the Flotilla 13 unit, backed by the air force, raided the Klos-C cargo ship, which was carrying Syrian- manufactured M-302 rockets.
The rockets originated in Syria, according to Military Intelligence assessments. Iran reportedly flew the rockets from Syria to an Iranian airfield, trucked them to the seaport of Bander Abbas, and shipped them to Iraq, where they were hidden in cement sacks. The ship then set sail for Port Sudan, near the Sudanese-Eritrean border, on a journey that was expected to last some 10 days.
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