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Did Israel really hit a Hyundai in Sudan?

April 14, 2011 11:12

By

Anshel Pfeffer,

Anshel Pfeffer

1 min read

Mystery still surrounds the attack last week on a car killing two men near the Red Sea coast of Sudan, but it bears all the hallmarks of another strike in Israel's campaign against arms smuggling to Hamas and Hizbollah.

While the Sudanese government was quick to blame Israel, even presenting the remains of a US-made Hellfire missile - currently used by the IAF - all official Israeli sources remained silent. And Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, when asked about the attack during a visit to Berlin last week, said: "Some people see Israel's hands in everything around the world, it's not always true."

Conflicting reports still exist as to what exactly happened on the Tuesday night. A number of aircraft apparently flew in from the Red Sea and at least one of them launched a missile at a Hyundai car, killing the driver and a passenger.

Some Arab media outlets later claimed that one of the men was Abd Latif al-Ashkar, who was identified as a senior Hamas operative, in charge of the shipments of arms from Iran to Gaza.

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