Israeli Forces Seize Iranian Rockets
Iran's armed forces denied the Israeli claims as baseless.
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The high seas interception is the fourth of its kind by Israel in the past 12 years. It comes after air attacks on weapons warehouses and arms convoys in the past 18 months that officials in Tel Aviv had hinted were destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
This week Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netenyahu, visited Washington, where he expressed his reservations about a nuclear deal with Iran in a meeting with Barack Obama and during a speech to the powerful Jewish lobby AIPAC.
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