Fresh shipment of Iranian-made rockets reportedly already en route to Gaza

Cargo of ship loaded a week ago in Bandar Abbas may have included Shahab-3
ballistic missiles to be stationed in Sudan, Sunday Times reports

By Times of Israel staff November 25, 2012, 6:54 am3
http://www.timesofisrael.com/fresh-shipment-of-iranian-made-rockets-reportedly-already-en-route-to-gaza/

Less than a week after the conclusion of Operation Pillar of Defense, and
with Hamas boasting of an imminent increase in military aid from Iran,
Israeli satellites have spotted a ship at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas
being loaded with rockets and other military supplies ostensibly bound for
Gaza, the British Sunday Times has reported.

The report cites Israeli intelligence sources who surmised that the cargo
would be shipped to Sudan and from there smuggled over land to Gaza.

According to the report, the cargo may include — in addition to Fajr-5
rockets of the likes already fired by Hamas during the recent conflict, and
whose stocks were reportedly depleted by Israeli bombings — components of
Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, which could be stationed in Sudan and used as a
direct threat to Israel.

“With a lot of effort, Iran has skilfully built a strategic arm pointing at
Israel from the south,” an Israeli source was quoted as saying.

In late October, Khartoum blamed Israel for an apparent air strike on the
Yarmouk Complex, a Sudanese military factory, in which two people were
killed.

Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the
attack.

In the past, Israel has accused Sudan of serving as a conduit for arms
shipments from Iran through Egypt to Hamas in Gaza. The attack on the
Yarmouk Complex was believed to be connected to this suspicion.