Tel Aviv [Israel], November 20 (ANI/TPS): Israel has uncovered a major weapons smuggling network involving several northern residents, including five soldiers, authorities announced on Wednesday.
According to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police, the suspects repeatedly transported weapons from Syria into Israel and transferred them to criminal groups in the north.
The smuggled weapons included explosives, RPG missiles, assault rifles, and large quantities of ammunition. Among those arrested are Iyad Halabi, 45, a sergeant major from Yarka, a northern Druze village, and Rami Abu Shah, 49, from the Israeli-Arab town of Shfaram, who allegedly coordinated with Syrian arms traffickers. (ANI/TPS)
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