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Israeli Naval Commandos Seized a Ship Carrying Iranian-Supplied Arms

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli naval commandos seized a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian-supplied arms, including rockets that can hit Israeli cities, to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.

The shipment, he said, was enough to keep Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which fired some 4,000 rockets into Israel during a 34-day war in 2006, supplied for a month of fighting.

Breaking News from the Jerusalem Post: 'Israel will Attack Iran after December'

Jerusalem, October 15, 2009

Israel is planning to carry out military attacks in Iran after December, a French magazine reported Thursday

According to a report in Le canard enchainé quoted by Israel Radio, Jerusalem has already ordered from a French food manufacturer high-quality combat rations for soldiers serving in elite units and also asked reservists of these units staying abroad to return to Israel.

The magazine reports further that in a recent visit to France, IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told his French counterpart Jean-Louis Georgelin that Israel may send elite troops to conduct activities on the ground there.

(Information first reported at http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news)