A senior Israeli Military Intelligence official said on Thursday that Wednesday’s seizure in the Red Sea of a ship carrying rockets will end smuggling attempts using this route for some time to come. At a press briefing the officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the weapons shipment on the Klos C was the first after a long period during which arms smuggling through the Red Sea was prevented.
“There will be a halt of many months [to smuggling] on this route, since their sophisticated operation was in effect totally unraveled,” the officer said. He added, however, that smuggling efforts using other routes would presumably be renewed in the future.
