Reports in Sudan: Israel struck two weapons convoys in past month
Sudanese military dismisses reports of recent Israeli airstrikes; according to foreign reports, IAF has struck Gaza-bound arms convoys in Sudan in the past.
By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel
The Sudanese military over the weekend dismissed reports of recent Israeli airstrikes in the country.
Sudanese military spokesman, Colonel Al Swarmi Saad, said that no attacks were detected by Sudan’s radar systems.
According to the Al-Rakoba website, two attacks took place. At the end of November, a site near the Egyptian border called Wadi Al-Alaki was reportedly hit. Two people were killed, two were wounded and two vehicles were destroyed.
On December 15, Apache helicopters were reportedly seen above an island off Sudan’s coast. According to reports in other media outlets, Israeli submarine activity was also witnessed in the area.
In April of this year, an airstrike in Sudan targeted a car in which there was a Sudanese citizen and, according to Al-Arabiya, an Islamist involved in arming Hamas.
According to foreign media reports, that Israel has not confirmed or refuted, the Israel Air Force struck Sudan at least twice, in January and February 2009, immediately after the end of Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. In one case, a convoy of trucks carrying weapons to Gaza was struck and 119 people were killed. In another case, a ship was bombed from the air.
At the time, reports were also published about operations by naval commandos in Sudan’s ports, as part of efforts to stem weapons smuggling.
Israel Navy ships and submarines sailed through the Suez Canal a number of times, in coordination with the previous regime in Egypt, and experts surmised that this was connected to anti-weapons smuggling activities in the Red Sea.
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December 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM
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