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Iran smuggling weapons through secret route to Palestine, says report
Updated On: 12 April, 2024 06:26 AM IST | Tehran | Agencies
Iran employs intelligence operatives, militants, criminal gangs for task: NYT
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A Palestinian man checks a burnt vehicle after an attack by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank on Thursday. Pic/AFP
Iran has been delivering weapons to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank through a secret smuggling route across West Asia and has employed intelligence operatives, militants and criminal gangs for the task, The New York Times reported citing officials from the US, Israel and Iran.
The aim of operating this secret route is to foment unrest against Israel by flooding the enclave with as many weapons as it can, three Iranian officials were quoted by the NYT as saying. The covert operation has raised concerns that Tehran is seeking to turn the West Bank into the next flashpoint in the long-simmering shadow war between Israel and Iran.
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