An initial investigation revealed the ship was loaded with C-704 anti-ship missiles - shore-to-sea missiles with a range of 35 km that could put at risk Israeli vessels at sea as well as strategic infrastructure targets near Ashkelon. Iran is known to possess and is actually producing such missiles, which, along with identifying documents (including a missile identification document, below) gives substantial evidence of Iran’s involvement in the weapons smuggling attempt...
Delivery of these would seem to have represented a major increase in Hamas' military capabilities. Targets would presumably have been IDF Navy corvettes and patrol boats, although one of these could obviously give an LCS an extremely bad day.
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