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Anti-Aircraft Missiles, Bound For Gaza, Found In Arms Cache

December 28 2010

Egypt

Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula have found and seized a stockpile of anti-aircraft missiles apparently going to be smuggled to Gaza, Ha'aretz (Israel) reports.

The weapons were discovered in an abandoned warehouse in the middle of the desert, said officials, as cited by the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency.

The arms cache also reportedly included machine guns, ammo, artillery shells and anti-tank land mines.

Israeli sources added that similar weapons have...

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