The Israeli Navy foiled an attempt to smuggle a half-ton of explosives into the Gaza Strip. The Jerusalem Post explained why the smugglers managed to escape:
The navy commander decided not to pursue the boat and ceased fire out of fear that innocent Palestinian fisherman in the vicinity would be harmed. The fishing boat then slipped away into a crowd of hundreds of other Palestinian craft.
We haven’t seen any Western news service note this fact. Meanwhile, AFP reports that Jordan arrested 20 Hamas figures and confiscated weaponry — including Iranian-made Katyusha rockets, LAW rocket launchers, mines and machine guns.
