(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn, Baruch Kra, and Arnon Regular - Israel announced Thursday that Akram Tubasi, 31, a Palestinian Coast Guard officer, has been under arrest since September for his role in the smuggling of weapons and munitions from Egypt. Official Israeli sources claim that Tubasi had been directed by [former PA Security Minister] Mohammed Dahlan to look into the possibility of smuggling missiles into the Gaza Strip, but was arrested before being able to do so.
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